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Weekly Newsletter Monday 27th July 2015
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Latest Comedy News
News Picture Christopher Lloyd joins Crackanory Series 3

Dave has confirmed the commissioning of Crackanory Series 3, with readers set to include Back To The Future star Christopher Lloyd, Sarah Millican and Greg Davies. Read
News Picture Robert Lindsay to star in antiques shop sitcom Bull

Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman will head up the cast of Bull, a TV sitcom set in an antiques shop. Read
News Picture Henry Winkler to return in third series of Hank Zipzer

Happy Days star Henry Winkler is to return to CBBC for a third series of his comedy drama, Hank Zipzer. Read
News Picture You're Back In The Room recommissioned

Phillip Schofield will return to ITV with four new episodes of comedy game show You're Back In The Room, in which contestants compete for cash whilst under hypnosis. Read
Also of interest...
Here are some pages on other websites that you might also be interested in...

- Dapper Laughs has said 'I should have been educated about rape': The Daily Telegraph

- A house in Dorset, which doubled as the exterior of Victor Meldrew's home in the sitcom One Foot In The Grave, is now up for sale: Right Move

- Johnny Vegas and his wife have announced the birth of their new son, Tom: Daily Mail

- The family of Morecambe & Wise writer Eddie Braben are trying to get a blue plaque for him: Liverpool Echo

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Features
Feature Picture Interview with the Taskmaster contestants

Alex Horne, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner, Roisin Conaty, Josh Widdicombe and Tim Key talk about taking part in Taskmaster. Read
Feature Picture Kunt And The Gang interview

Kunt And The Gang - a musical comedy act who primarily delivers 'songs of questionable taste' - talks about his career to date, topics such as Dapper Laughs, and his new tour. Read
Feature Picture Edinburgh Fringe Coverage

The 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival is not far away now... we have detailed listings for over 1,500 shows; plus we're starting to publish lots of features too. Browse
Feature Picture Podcasts

This week's offerings in our podcast area include a new Do The Right Thing, more deranged sketches from John Dredge, an interview with Roisin Conaty on Richard Herring's show, and Adam Buxton interviewed on The Comedian's Comedian show. Listen
TV Listings
Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...

Yonderland Yonderland
Monday, Sky1, 8pm

This week on the fantasy comedy show, Debbie sets out to source the latest revelation in posterior cushion comfort. Guest starring Mackenzie Crook. Guide
Not Safe For Work Not Safe For Work
Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm

In the penultimate episode of the comedy drama, it's the big presentation in London. Back in Northampton, Nathaniel attempts to help a disillusioned Jenny come to terms with some bad news. Guide
Taskmaster Taskmaster
Tuesday, Dave, 10pm

A new TV format in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne set a group of comedians various outlandish challenges. For example, in this opening episode they have to eat a melon as quick as they can. Guide
The Interviews The Interviews
Wednesday, Gold, 9pm

In the last episode of the series, The Interviews turns to comic genius Spike Milligan, telling the story of his life and career in his own words. Guide
People Just Do Nothing People Just Do Nothing
Wednesday, BBC Three, 10pm

The mockumentary comedy series continues. Chabuddy G has printed all of his counterfeit designer t-shirts and is preparing to sell them at the local market. Guide
Rob Brydon At 50 Rob Brydon At 50
Thursday, BBC One Wales, 9pm

As Rob Brydon turns 50, here's a documentary from BBC Wales looking at his comedy career, including interviews with some of the big stars he's worked with. Guide
Safeword Safeword
Thursday, ITV2, 10pm

The second episode of ITV2's new panel show. With guest stand-ups Iain Stirling and Jason Byrne, plus 80s popstar Sinitta and reality TV star Charlotte Crosby. Guide
Would I Lie To You? Would I Lie To You?
Friday, BBC One, 8:30pm

The new 9th series of the hit panel show. This week the guests are Danny Dyer, Jon Richardson, Joe Lycett and Moira Stuart. Guide
A League Of Their Own A League Of Their Own
Friday, Sky1, 9pm

James Corden presents some more previously unseen footage from the sports-based panel show. This is the fourth week of 'highlights', but there'll be some new USA specials along later in the year. Guide
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Friday, Channel 4, 9pm

Episode 12 of the latest run. Sean Lock and Freddie Flintoff take on special guest captain Bill Bailey with Roisin Conaty. Susie Dent is joined by Rob Beckett in Dictionary Corner. Guide
The Last Leg The Last Leg
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm

Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are this week set to be joined by the comedy legend that is John Cleese. The Python star is known for being straight-talking, so should be an interesting one. Guide
The Javone Prince Show The Javone Prince Show
Sunday, BBC Two, 9:45pm

More sketches from Javone Prince. This third episode features characters such as Britain's hottest new street magician, and poet-in-residence Dr Afrika. Guide
Bad Robots Bad Robots
Sunday, E4, 10pm

Following on from the popularity of the first series of this electronics-based prank show, here comes Series 2. Stunts include a new Currency Exchange machine that aims to ruin holidays before you've even got on a plane. Guide

Above is just the prime-time TV shows. As it's the summer holidays there's lots on CBBC and CBeebies too. For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy too, see our full schedule.
New Products
Tamahine Tamahine

OUT NOW. When her father dies, Tamahine, a lovely young half-Polynesian girl, is sent to England to visit his cousin, headmaster of a celebrated boys' public school. She has a disturbing influence on boys and masters alike, however, with all and sundry falling under the spell of her natural beauty and charm! This BAFTA-nominated comedy stars Nancy Kwan and Dennis Price. Details
No Offence No Offence

PRE-ORDER. Joanna Scanlan (The Thick Of It, Getting On), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise, Harper's Island) and Alexandra Roach (Hunderby, The Iron Lady) lead the unorthodox crack team of cops at the heart of Paul Abbott's No Offence, the new police procedural with a dark sense of humour, from Channel 4. The cast also includes Will Mellor, Paul Ritter and Colin Salmon. Details
British Comedies Of The 1930s - Volume 3 British Comedies Of The 1930s - Volume 3

OUT NOW. One of two comedy collections out today from Network, this includes 1932's His Wife's Mother, in which a newlywed has a trying time proving his innocence when his mother-in-law catches him kissing another girl; and The Last Coupon from 1933, seeing a frugal coal miner turning spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools. Details
The Delivery Man The Delivery Man

OUT NOW. From the director and writers of Green Wing and Smack The Pony; The Delivery Man is a sitcom about a policeman-turned-midwife. We're really hoping to see a second series of this sparkling new comedy, which stars Darren Boyd, Fay Ripley, Aisling Bea, Paddy McGuinness, Llewella Gideon, Jennie Jacques and Alex Macqueen. Details
SunTrap SunTrap

OUT NOW. Our third new-2015-comedy of the day's picks is the riotous recent sun-and-sand BBC One sitcom SunTrap, starring Kayvan Novak (Facejacker), Bradley Walsh and Emma Pierson. Novak and Walsh are former investigative journalists on a Spanish island, Novak framed and wanted by the police, filling his time with solving a spate of peculiar local crimes. Details

For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
Comedy Videos
Video Picture Matt Berry Does... Summer Holidays

Matt Berry looks back at the traditional British seaside holiday and traces the origins of camping holidays in this latest iPlayer special. Watch
Video Picture Stage Of No Importance - Episode 1

A new animated web series from comedian Steven Seller. This opening edition swiftly tells the story of how God created dinosaurs. Watch
Video Picture The Midnight Beast

Comic band The Midnight Beast have put out a new music video. Giving a clue as to what it's about might set off spam filters, but let's just say their girlfriends are probably not best impressed by these lyrics. Watch
Video Picture 60 Seconds With... Daniel Rigby

Undercover and Big School star Daniel Rigby takes on BAFTA's 60 second Q&A challenge, sharing his top tips and revealing how he manages his hair. Watch
Video Picture Miles Jupp in The Last Sparks Of Sundown

Here's Miles Jupp appearing in the film The Last Sparks Of Sundown. He plays the wonderfully named Geoffrey Chicken, an acting agent who once harboured dreams of being an actor himself. Watch
Guide Spotlight
Guide Spotlight The Titfield Thunderbolt

A very early film for Ealing Studios, produced in 1952 and released the following year, The Titfield Thunderbolt was in fact the prolific studios' first colour comedy, made with the then still new Technicolor system. The fabulous cast includes Stanley Holloway and Sid James, telling the tale of a small village facing the closure of its railway, and its reluctance to give in - especially when faced with the mean-spirited monopoly of a newly formed local bus company instead. Guide
Thanks for Reading
That's all we've got for this week. Remember, if you're interested in live comedy, there's lots to read on our Edinburgh Fringe site.

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