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Radio Active to return as a live stage show 1980s sketch show Radio Active is to return as a live stage show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read |
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Kerry Howard to star in Keeping Up Appearances prequel Kerry Howard will play Hyacinth Bucket in Young Hyacinth, the BBC's new prequel to Keeping Up Appearances. Read |
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Ardal O'Hanlon & Sarah Hadland star in ITV sitcom pilot ITV is working on The Berries, a new family sitcom pilot starring Ardal O'Hanlon and Sarah Hadland. Read |
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Jonathan Creek to return for 20th anniversary special Alan Davies has confirmed that comical detective drama Jonathan Creek will be returning for a one-off special. Read |
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Noel Fielding joins The Museum Of Curiosity Noel Fielding has been announced as the new 'curator' joining John Lloyd on Series 9 of Radio 4's The Museum Of Curiosity. Read |
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Harry Hill to host spoof cooking show on Sky Harry Hill is to host a new entertainment series for Sky1. Harry Hill's Tea-Time will be a mix of a chat show and spoof cooking show. He is also working on a sitcom for the BBC. Read |
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Richard Herring crowdfunds new As It Occurs To Me series Richard Herring has raised over £100,000 through Kickstarter to make a new series of his internet sketch show As It Occurs To Me. Read |
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Cuckoo returns with 2 more series Hit BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo has been recommissioned for a further two series, taking it to at least five series in length. All the cast are due to return for the new runs. Read |
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Peter Richardson gets award
Peter Richardson, the mastermind behind the 'Comic Strip Presents...' TV series, received an award at the Bath Comedy Festival. Meanwhile stand-up Pav won the festival's new act award. Read |
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Complete Collection This DVD set contains the complete series of Keeping Up Appearances, in which you can witness Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, don't you know), and her long suffering husband, Richard, impressing and distressing their family and neighbours. Featuring all 40 episodes from the series in an 8 disc box set, it's a perfect way to catch up on the classic 1990s sitcom before its prequel airs this summer. It's currently available on Amazon for just £15. Buy |
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Rubberbandits interview The Rubberbandits talk about The Almost Impossible Gameshow... and their love of tart lemonade and nice clouds. Read |
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Father Ted competition
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Camping interviews Julia Davis, Rufus Jones and Steve Pemberton talk about starring in new Sky comedy series Camping. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Phil Jerrod Phil Jerrod's career lowlights include an awkward ice machine, aggressive table lamp and a lack of Alesha Dixon. Read |
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John Dowie: A gig I'd prefer to forget An extract from John Dowie's book. He tells the story of how he got rather drunk at a gig in the 1970s. Read |
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Podcasts Head to the podcast section of our websites for lots of things to listen to, including the latest episode of the Sitcom Geeks podcast. Listen |
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Plebs Monday, ITV2, 10pm Stylax pursues a romance with Ursula (guest star Michelle Keegan), one of the ladies who guard the city's sacred flame. Meanwhile Grumio finds some mouldy cheese. Guide |
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The Aliens Tuesday, E4, 9pm With the help of Lilyhot, Lewis realises that he's got to bring the bloody gang war to an end, but in order to do so he realises that a sacrifice must be made. Guide |
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Camping Tuesday, Sky Atlantic, 10pm & 10:30pm This new sitcom launches with a double bill. It's focused around three couples on a camping trip together. Created by Julia Davis, expect plenty of black humour. Guide |
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Tonight At The London Palladium Wednesday, ITV, 8pm Previously Sunday Night At The Palladium, the hit variety show moves to a mid-week slot for its third series. Bradley Walsh hosts, with guests in episode one including Tommy Tiernan. Guide |
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The Almost Impossible Gameshow Wednesday, ITV2, 9pm A fresh batch of brave contestants pit themselves against The Almost Impossible Gameshow’s incredibly simple yet rather difficult games. See our guide for an interview with the commentators, Irish comics The Rubberbandits. Guide |
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man Thursday, Channel 4, 10pm Alan is joined by the incredible Eddie Izzard who talks about his amazing marathon endurance challenge for Sport Relief. Also on the show is The Jungle Book's Jon Favreau. Shawn Mendes performs Stitches. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice Thursday, ITV2, 10pm Joining Keith, Holly and Fearne are regular panellist Gino D'Acampo, adventurer and broadcaster Ben Fogle, First Dates star Fred Sirieix and singer Ella Eyre. Guide |
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Todd Margaret Thursday, FOX, 10:30pm Remember this sitcom starring David Cross as a US executive out of his depth in the UK? It used to be on More4... well, FOX is now bringing us Series 3. Given how Series 2 ended, it's set in kind of a parallel universe. Guide |
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@elevenish Thursday, ITV2, 10:50pm Another episode of the topical comedy series driven by the topics and events people have been talking about. To get a clue of what the show will be talking about, check out its Twitter feed. Guide |
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Have I Got News For You Friday, BBC One, 9pm Tracey Ullman becomes the 100th different guest host of this topical quiz show on Friday. She is joined by Outnumbered co-creator Andy Hamilton and BBC News anchor Clive Myrie. Guide |
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Boomers Friday, BBC One, 9:30pm Mick (guest star Nigel Planer) returns from his Spanish paradise minus his young Russian wife and has a surprise in store for Joyce. Guide |
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Two Doors Down Friday, BBC Two, 10pm There's tennis trouble in store for Eric and Colin in the latest episode of this BBC sitcom - and they haven't a sporting chance against Christine. Guide |
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Lookalikes Friday, Channel 4, 10pm The 'constructed reality comedy show' set around a lookalike agency continues. Agency boss Andy Harmer has 'Robert De Niro' on his books, but De Niro lookalike Roger Kabler is as antagonistic as his celebrity doppelganger. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant appear on Graham's sofa to talk about forthcoming British comedy movie Florence Foster Jenkins, about a socialite turned tuneless opera singer. Also on the show: Keeley Hawes, and Eurovision hopefuls Joe and Jake. Guide |
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Michael McIntyre's Big Show Saturday, BBC One, 7pm Following on from the Christmas special, Michael McIntyre is back with his variety show format, now in weekly installments. This first episode features guests including Romesh Ranganathan. Guide |
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Play To The Whistle Saturday, ITV, 9:20pm A second series of the ITV panel show focusing on the world of sport. Regulars Holly Willoughby, Bradley Walsh, Frank Lampard, Romesh Ranganathan and Seann Walsh are joined by guests Richard Osman, Tom Daley and Rob Beckett. Guide |
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Duck Quacks Don't Echo Sunday, Sky1, 8pm Warwick Davis, Josh Widdicombe and Lorraine Kelly are next to put the world's most startling facts to the test as Lee Mack's riotous science-based panel show continues. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname PRE-ORDER. A Michael Winner comedy starring Oliver Reed, Orson Welles, Wendy Craig and Marianne Faithfull. Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life and quits his high-flying job in order to return to writing for a small, literary magazine - plus his wife and mistresses! But saying goodbye to his former life is easier said than done. Details |
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Raised By Wolves - Series Two OUT NOW. Having concluded last week, Channel 4's hit sitcom about a working class, single-parent, home-schooling family in urban Wolverhampton is out now on DVD. Follow the adventures of mother Della and her offspring, starring the fantastic cast of Alexa Davies and Helen Monks, Rebekah Staton and Philip Jackson. Details |
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Last Of The Summer Wine - Series 31 & 32 PRE-ORDER. The final two series of the long-running sitcom come to DVD later this summer. This set also includes the original Comedy Playhouse pilot episode from way back in 1973. Note that only 31 series were made, and the numbering of this DVD's title owes to an earlier discrepancy. Details |
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British Comedies Of The 1930s - Volume 10 PRE-ORDER. Another two films in the ongoing collection of British comedy films from the 1930s. This volume, out in two weeks, includes 1933's Letting In The Sunshine, in which a window cleaner and his former girlfriend turn detective; and 1939's Lucky To Me, about office colleagues who marry in secret and whose one-night honeymoon looks set to be cut even shorter by events. Details |
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This Week Of Grace / She Shall Have Music OUT NOW. A separate double-bill of 1930s comedies. In This Week Of Grace (1933) unemployed Grace Milroy (Gracie Fields) finds work as the housekeeper of a Duchess, and love and happiness in the process. In She Shall Have Music (1935), millionaire Freddie Gates hires an orchestra to play on his yacht, to his son Brian's dismay. But Brian falls for singer Dorothy Drew. Details |
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Simon's Cat - Fast Track Simon's Cat plays with some Scalextric in the latest episode of the charming online animation. Watch |
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12 Sketches In A London House - Garden Advice from a complete stranger can be really useful, especially if that complete stranger goes by the name of Tinkie Boo or Googlie Whoos. Watch |
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I Want My Wife Back - Trailer The trailer for the brand new romantic comedy series starring Ben Miller and Caroline Catz. It starts next Monday on BBC One. Watch |
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Dale Maily at the Junior Doctors Strike Tory reporter Dale Maily (last seen in The Revolution Will Be Televised) heads to the Junior Doctors' Strike. Watch |
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Tim Vine stand-up Tim Vine performs at the opening gala of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016. Watch |
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David Brent: Life On The Road trailer David Brent is back! Here's the trailer for the feature length film which sees a documentary crew catching up with Ricky Gervais's character twelve years on from The Office. Watch |
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Flowers - Trailer Told over one week, Flowers is the darkly comic story of an eccentric family struggling to hold their lives together. Starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt, it starts on Monday 25th April. Watch |
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Celebrating its fourty-fourth birthday today is that most beloved of radio panel shows, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Originaly deriving from the sketch show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, the show has to date clocked up a quite incredible 478 episodes over 64 series in four decades since. We've got plenty of information about the show, including broadcast details for every single episode, in our guide, so why not take a look? Guide |
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