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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2015 - Full Results Peter Kay's Car Share, Peep Show and Inside No. 9 are amongst the winners in the 10th annual Comedy.co.uk Awards. Read |
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Catherine Tate plans full series of Nan sitcom Catherine Tate is planning to create a full series of her sitcom about her bad tempered Nan character. Read |
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Luisa Omielan to pilot new ITV2 comedy Stand-up comic Luisa Omielan is developing her own show for ITV2, with David Walliams and Miranda Hart's production company, King Bert. Read |
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Ken Dodd receives Slapstick Comedy Legend award Ken Dodd has picked up the Aardman Slapstick Award at Bristol's Slapstick Festival. Read |
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Jack Docherty pilot Stop/Start confirmed for BBC Comedy Playhouse Stop/Start, a TV pilot based on Jack Docherty's hit Radio 4 sitcom Start/Stop, has been confirmed as one of the shows forming part of BBC One's next Comedy Playhouse season. Read |
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BBC to air Comedy Playhouse pilot Broken Biscuits The BBC is to air Broken Biscuits, a new Comedy Playhouse pilot written by the creators of Early Doors. Stars include Alison Steadman, Timothy West and Stephanie Cole. Read |
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BBC films hospital sitcom for Comedy Playhouse pilot The BBC has filmed Hospital People, a new sitcom pilot based around Tom Binns's established radio DJ character Ivan Brackenbury. Read |
Late night Friday comedy in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room returns from 5 February. Info and tickets
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Andrew Lawrence interview As he sets off on a new tour, Andrew Lawrence talks to BCG about how he had a tumultuous 2015 and what he's looking forward to in 2016. Read |
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Mathew Baynton & Emma Bunton interview Mathew Baynton and Emma Bunton talk about starring as Robin Hood and Maid Marian in the first episode of the new series of Drunk History. Read |
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Keith Lemon interview A short interview with Keith Lemon ahead of the second series of his sketch show. Read |
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Shazia Mirza interview Why are teenage girls marching off to Syria? Shazia Mirza has a radical theory: it's not about religion. Read |
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Podcast Head to our podcasts area for new shows from RHLSTP, ManBuyCow, Sitcom Geeks and - later tonight - a brand new Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown. Listen |
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Benidorm Monday, ITV, 9pm This week the staff must roll out a new ID card system, while Geoff stages an intervention to help Pauline who's fallen off the wagon. Billy and Sheron leave Eddie in charge of the kids. Guide |
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Crashing Monday, Channel 4, 10pm Anthony helps Lulu to register as a Property Guardian. Kate goes on a journey of artistic self-discovery, and Sam shows Will round a flat he's interested in buying. Guide |
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Insert Name Here Monday, BBC Two, 10pm Ruth Goodman, Adil Ray, Jon Richardson and Holly Walsh are the guests taking part this week in the panel show that is obsessed with names. Guide |
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Siblings Monday, BBC Three, 10:30pm The BBC Three sitcom about two terrible humans continues. This week Dan starts hanging out with his old crush from clown camp. Guide |
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Tracey Ullman's Show Monday, BBC One, 10:45pm Overthrown dictator's wife Soraya Al Amir tries to start anew; whilst Margaret, the ex-Wimbledon line judge, unsuccessfully explains how to tolerate grunting. Guide |
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Stella Tuesday, Sky1, 9pm Michael begins to suspect Stella and Rob are hiding something. Plus, Aunty Brenda vies to become mayoress of Pontyberry and Luke hatches a life-changing plan. Guide |
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Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Tuesday, Dave, 10pm The chat series resumes following its Christmas break. Alan is joined by Bob Mortimer, Russell Kane, Lucy Montgomery and Miles Jupp to discuss such varied subjects as sneaky cockroaches. Guide |
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Virtually Famous Tuesday, E4, 10pm Seann Walsh and Chris Stark face questions and outrageous challenges alongside their celebrity guests; Chris Ramsey, Catherine Tyldesley, Lee Ryan and Russell Kane. Guide |
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Drunk History Wednesday, Comedy Central, 10pm Series 2 starts. Michelle Keegan and Jack Whitehall star in The Rise and Fall of Sir Walter Raleigh; and Emma Bunton and Matthew Baynton appear in the story of Robin Hood and Maid Marion. Guide |
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Room 101 Thursday, BBC One, 8:30pm Stand-up Greg Davies, Citizen Khan star Adil Ray, and model & reality TV person Katie Price try to abolish - amongst other things - beards, ketchup and people who give their dog very specific instructions. Guide |
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Birds Of A Feather Thursday, ITV, 8:30pm Auntie Vera's got problems with her hips and her block's defective lifts so tells Sharon and Tracey she's moving in with them. But Tracey's only got one room available: it's Dorien's. Guide |
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A League Of Their Own Thursday, Sky1, 9pm Rob Beckett, former Olympic athlete Denise Lewis and boxer James DeGale are next in line to join James Corden and the ALOTO boys for more laughs, trivia and wacky challenges. Guide |
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The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Thursday, ITV2, 10pm Keith Lemon returns with a brand new series of his hit sketch show. Expect to meet some new characters appearing alongside a bunch of favourites from the first series. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Friday, Channel 4, 9pm Sean Lock and Isy Suttie take on Jon Richardson and Richard Osman in the words and numbers game. Alex Horne and The Horne Section join Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Guide |
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QI Friday, BBC Two, 10pm Noel Fielding, Eddie Kadi and Sarah Millican are the guests appearing on the popular panel show this week. The title of this week's episode is "Messy". Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm Graham Norton has a very impressive line-up this week - real international A listers. He's joined by Sir Elton John, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz and Jack Black. Guide |
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The Jonathan Ross Show Saturday, ITV, 9:20pm Meanwhile The Jonathan Ross Show hasn't yet released its line-up for this weekend's show yet, so we're not sure who to expect on it. Probably not such big stars though, judging by its regular form. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Peep Show - Series Nine OUT NOW. The triumphant final series of Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's sitcom Peep Show - starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb - is now available to own on DVD. Broadcast in November and December, it charts the dysfunctional friends' in their continuing quest to find love and ... well, some semblance of success in life. A complete box set is also available. Details |
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Benidorm - The Complete Series Eight PRE-ORDER. Entertaining around 4.5 million viewers each week, ITV's hit sitcom Benidorm is back for its eighth series at the moment, which is now available to pre-order on DVD. All 7 episodes will be included, as we see friends old and new enjoying the Solana sun and, ahem, hospitality, both in front of and behind the bar. Details |
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The Amorous Prawn PRE-ORDER. With a cast including icons Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael and Cecil Parker, a score by John Barry and screenplay & direction by Anthony Kimmins, The Amorous Prawn is a stellar feature. It stars Joan Greenwood as a general's wife whose moneyspinning manoeuvre causes ructions in their Highlands HQ. Based on Kimmins's long-running West-End stage hit. Details & Trailer |
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Kill Your Friends PRE-ORDER. Nicholas Hoult stars in this comedy thriller adapted from John Niven's novel. Set in London in 1997 at the height of the Britpop music scene, twenty-something Steven Stelfox works as an A&R man in the ruthless music industry. Under pressure to find the next hit song and in an attempt to save his career, Stelfox resorts to extreme measures.... Blu-ray Details & DVD Details |
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First Time Buyers Two young professionals are on the hunt for their first home in this sketch by Broken Toaster. Watch |
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Carly The Office Gossip Carly just can't resist sharing her outrage over the latest office saga. No cake! Watch |
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How I Kidnapped George Osborne A song by Matt Tiller titled We're In This Together - aka How I Kidnapped George Osborne. Watch |
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The Ordeal of Randolph Carter A phone call doesn't go to plan. A sketch by Greig Johnson. Watch |
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Grimsby - Filming the underwater car stunt A look behind-the-scenes on Sacha Baron Cohen film Grimsby, as the crew film a scene involving a car going underwater. Watch |
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The Legacy of Dad's Army Co-creator Jimmy Perry and original cast members Ian Lavender and Frank Williams are amongst those discussing the beloved comedy format in this behind-the-scenes video. Watch |
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The Art Team! This clip from a 1990s kids TV show might have a touch of innuendo about it. A sketch by Lead Pencil. Watch |
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How to Play the Drums
Some very good advice from Marek Larwood for anyone thinking of playing the drums. Watch |
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Love Thy Neighbour Today we're turning our attention to one of the 1970s' most successful sitcoms, Vince Powell and Harry Driver's Love Thy Neighbour. Running for 54 episodes across 8 series and a feature film spin-off, millions tuned in each week to enjoy the tit-for-tat arguments of black and white, north and south, Labour and Conservative next-door-neighbours Eddie Booth and Bill Reynolds. The series is often written off nowadays as simply a racist low-point of comedy, but in fact depicts a much more complicated picture of class, politics and social division in 1970s Britain - not to mention the ups and downs of friendship between two pompous men who are far more alike than either would care to admit. Guide |
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