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- The new series of Peep Show begins filming soon. David Mitchell has promised to shave off his beard: Digital Spy
- Win tickets to the Edinburgh Fringe preview season at the Battersea Arts Centre: London Is Funny
- An interview with the son of Dad's Army star Arthur Lowe: The Telegraph
- This is sad... Billy Connolly has revealed he has had to give up playing the banjo and guitar because of Parkinson's Disease. BBC News
- The British Comedy Society is to unveil a blue plaque to commemorate the life and work of Richard Briers: Details on Facebook
- Meanwhile, blue plaques dedicated to Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl have been stolen from Teddington Studios: The Mirror
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Edinburgh Fringe 2015 - Listings and Features
Our big website for the 2015 Edinburgh Festival is now live. You'll find detailed listings for over 1,700 shows in there, plus lots of features. Who is Stewart Lee looking forward to seeing? Why is one comedian performing her show totally naked? Find out about Lost Voice Guy's stupid amnesty. All that, and much more! Website |
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Win tickets to Reading or Leeds Festival
Milton Jones, Russell Kane, Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh, Sara Pascoe and Nick Helm are amongst the comedians due to appear at the Reading and Leeds festivals at the end of August. We've got a pair of tickets to give away. Read |
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Podcasts
Lots of things to listen to this week. Louis Theroux talks to Richard Herring about meeting Jimmy Savile; Romesh Ranganathan and Dave Gorman play Do The Right Thing; the BBC Mallard Orchestra performs on John Dredge's sketch show; the Sitcom Geeks discuss larger than life characters; and more. Listen |
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Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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Yonderland
Monday, Sky1, 8pm
The fantasy comedy series continues. This week the knight Ellis of Woolworth mistakenly believes that Debbie is to blame for his brother's fate. Guide |
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Undercover
Tuesday, Dave, 9pm
It's the last episode of this sitcom - and things have now got really messy. Yurik, the big boss, is set to announce his successor - Ara and Arno are both convinced it will be them. Guide |
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Brotherhood
Tuesday, Comedy Central, 10pm
The last episode of the homegrown Comedy Central sitcom. The boys work through Daddy issues when their loveable rogue of a father drops by unannounced. Guide |
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Not Safe For Work
Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm
More from the Northampton-set comedy drama. A mysterious tension between Jenny and Nathaniel comes to a head as the rest of the team prepare to head to London for the big presentation. Guide |
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The Interviews
Wednesday, Gold, 9pm
This episode of the format that uses clips from chat shows to tells the fascinating story of comedians looks at the double act that was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Guide |
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People Just Do Nothing
Wednesday, BBC Three, 10pm
Episode 2 of the new series of the mockumentary set around a pirate radio station. Miche starts her new job as a trainee hairdresser, leaving Grindah to look after Angel for the day. Guide |
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Hoff The Record
Thursday, Dave, 9pm
Things go from bad to worse for Hoff in the series finale of this mockumentary. In desperate need of money, Max persuades Hoff to appear in panto with the one and only Christopher Biggins. Guide |
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Safeword
Thursday, ITV2, 10pm
A new panel show hosted by Rick Edwards, with Katherine Ryan and David Morgan as the team captains tasked with dissecting celebrities' professional and personal lives. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Friday, Channel 4, 9pm
Episode 11 (yes, 11) in the current series. Jimmy Carr is joined by Sean Lock and Mel Giedroyc and special guest captain Lee Mack with David O'Doherty. Adam Buxton is in Dictionary Corner. Guide |
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A League Of Their Own
Friday, Sky1, 9pm
James Corden presents some previously unseen footage from the most recent series of sports-based panel show. As you'll see, there was plenty of mucking about from the four regulars. Guide |
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The Last Leg
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
Adam Hills revealed at Latitude Festival that one of the suggested titles for this show was Blind Men Can Jump - how odd, given none of the three regulars even wear glasses! Guide |
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The Javone Prince Show
Sunday, BBC Two, 9:45pm
More sketches from Javone Prince. This week the host is attacked by ninjas, and is completely uninterested in the announcer's beef with Idris Elba. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule. |
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School For Scoundrels
PRE-ORDER. Classic 1960 comedy starring Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Terry-Thomas and Alastair Sim. One of life's losers, Henry Palfrey, enrolls at the 'College of Lifemanship' when his love interest is wooed by another man. Can he learn the rules of love and get one up on the charming bounder who's captured his one true love? Blu-ray Details & DVD Details |
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Horrible Histories - Series Six: Rotten Rulers
PRE-ORDER. The complete sixth series of Horrible Histories, featuring a largely new cast and writing team, but the same incredible and frighteningly funny facts from history.
This series, each episode focuses on a ruler from some point in history. Rowan Atkinson stars as Henry VIII in one episode; Sarah Hadland plays Queen Victoria; Tom Rosenthal is Alfred the Great; and many more: Details |
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Let's Be Happy!
PRE-ORDER. A lavish British musical from the 1950s, this glamorous romantic comedy stars Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin and Zena Marshall. A Canadian heiress visits Edinburgh to explore her ancestral roots, and romance soon blossoms with businessman Stanley Smith. Complications begin when each party ends up in the company of another... Details |
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The Trip - Feature Film
OUT NOW. Finally, the gorgeous Lake District scenery of The Trip (starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon) gets the treatment it deserves, with a Blu-ray release. Sadly it's not the full series proper, but the feature film edit of the show that was produced for American audiences. Still, if you enjoyed it, there'll be laughs aplenty here. Details |
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The Trip To Italy - Feature Film
OUT NOW. Also hitting shelves today is a Blu-ray of the American feature film version of the show's second series, The Trip To Italy. Bonus points if you can guess where this one is set. Extras on this are limited to just deleted scenes, but the first film/series also has a 'preparing the food' feature, photo gallery and footage from the costume drama. Details |
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Lee Nelson throws bank notes at Sepp Blatter
Simon Brodkin - who performs under the guises of Jason Bent and Lee Nelson - has undertaken another high profile publicity stunt. This time he threw a pile of banknotes at the much-despised FIFA boss Sepp Blatter. Watch |
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James Corden cries
Here's a sketch from James Corden which is linked to the 50th episode of his American chat show. Watch |
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Bernard Black on the news
Black Books' Bernard turns up at the most inappropriate of moments on an Australian news report. Our Twitter followers loved this one - check it out if you haven't seen it yet! Watch |
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Piff the Magic Dragon on America's Got Talent
Britain's most famous magic dragon has been doing rather well on America's Got Talent. Here is Piff (real name: John, from London) performing with his dog Mr Piffles. Watch |
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Absolutely Anything - Super Powers Trailer
A trailer for the new Terry Jones film, starring Simon Pegg. The movie, which features the voices of Jones and the rest of the surviving Monty Python team, plus the late, great Robin Williams, is in cinemas from the 14th August. Watch |
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Yonderland - Who's The Naughtiest On Set?
Ever wondered who's the naughtiest member of the Yonderland cast? (Clue: it's definitely Jim Howick.) This video includes some outtakes from the fantasy comedy series too. Watch |
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BBC Comedy Feeds
Have you discovered the BBC's new batch of Comedy Feed pilots on iPlayer yet? The sketch show People Time is quite a unique thing to take in: Watch |
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Heartburn Hotel
From the pens of Steve Glover and Only Fools And Horses writer John Sullivan came late-1990s sitcom Heartburn Hotel, which launched on this day in 1998. Starring Tim Healy as Birmingham hotel proprietor Harry Springer with Clive Russell as Harry's fellow Falklands veteran Duggie, the show ran for 2 series on BBC One, charting the often comic misadventures at the run-down Olympic Hotel. Guide |
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