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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist The 60 TV and radio programmes to make it through to the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2017 shortlist have just been announced. Voting is now open to name the Comedy Of The Year. Vote |
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Comedy actor Bella Emberg dies aged 80 Comedy performer Bella Emberg, who is perhaps best known as Russ Abbot's sidekick, has died aged 80. Read |
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Michaela Coel confirms plans for Chewing Gum Series 3 E4's hit sitcom Chewing Gum looks set to return for a third series, despite previous reports to the contrary. Creator Michaela Coel has announced she is working towards bringing the hit sitcom back. Read |
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Second series for Derry Girls Channel 4 recommissioned new sitcom Derry Girls after airing just one episode of its first series. The comedy has already been watched by 2.5m viewers. Read |
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Miranda Hart denies her sitcom's return for Series 4 Miranda Hart has said that The Sun's story that her hit sitcom is returning for Series 4 is "not true". Read |
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Keith & Paddy Picture Show to return Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness will return to ITV this Spring for Series 2 of The Keith & Paddy Picture Show. This time they will spoof Top Gun, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Grease, Pretty Woman and Gremlins. Read |
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National Television Awards shortlist published Car Share, Benidorm, Celebrity Juice and All Round To Mrs. Brown's are amongst the nominees shortlisted for the National Television Awards. Read |
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Radio 4's Alone to return for full series Moray Hunter's radio comedy Alone, starring Angus Deayton, is to return for a full series. Read |
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Paddington 2 & Death Of Stalin receive BAFTA nominations Paddington 2 and The Death Of Stalin have been nominated for two awards each at the BAFTA Film Awards 2018. Read |
Fresh from tearing Edinburgh a new one, the infamous character-comic stroke rabble-rousing loon Adam Riches returns to the one-man fold with a turbo-charged hour of giddily relentless knockabout faff. Inane Chicanery is at London's Soho Theatre from 22nd January to 3rd February. Info & Tickets
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Lou Sanders: Five unexpected Dry January benefits Lou Sanders, who gave up alcohol a year ago, offers some light-hearted tips on reasons to stay on the wagon. Read |
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Win Daphne on DVD
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Comedians prepare for Ultimate Comedy Weekender Al Murray, Gary Delaney, Lee Nelson and Paul Zerdin are amongst the comedians who will be appearing at the Ultimate Comedy Weekender in February. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Jessica Fostekew The increasingly in-demand Jessica Fostekew is celebrating 10 years since she started gigging. Well, she's celebrating most of it. Read |
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Glasgow Comedy Festival 2018 preview The Glasgow Comedy Festival 2018 will feature over 500 comedy shows at 54 venues across the Scottish city, running between the 8th and 25th March 2018. Read |
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Podcasts Bill Oddie is on The Museum Of Comedy podcast; Johann Hari talks to Richard Herring; Hayley & Ruth meet up again; and The Worst Writer in the World continues. Listen |
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Insert Name Here Monday, BBC Two, 10pm This week's episode of the panel show looks at the Janes of the world, with Adrian Chiles, Suzannah Lipscomb, Sara Pascoe and Anita Rani joining the teams. Guide |
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Roast Battle Monday - Friday, Comedy Central, 10pm This brand new series runs nightly this week (ending with a double-bill on Friday). It sees comedians insulting and ridiculing each other. Those playing for judges Katherine Ryan, Jimmy Carr and Russell Brand include Tom Allen, Nick Helm, Sofie Hagen and Dane Baptiste. Guide |
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Harry Hill's Tea Time Tuesday, Sky One, 8:30pm There's more crazy cooking on the cards as full-time comedian (and part-time chef) Harry Hill welcomes EastEnders star Jessie Wallace to his chaotic kitchen. Guide |
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Trollied Tuesday, Sky One, 10pm Cheryl starts to seriously regret leaving Gavin in charge of the wedding plans. Katie's left to show Lou the ropes - and that's not something that proves easy. Guide |
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Inside No. 9 Tuesday, BBC Two, 10pm According to the Holmes & Rahe Stress Scale, the three most troubling experiences in life are the death of a spouse, divorce and imprisonment. Moving house is only 32nd on the list... Guide |
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The Mash Report Thursday, BBC Two, 10pm Nish Kumar, Ellie Taylor, Rachel Parris and co return for a second series of silliness and satire this week, from the creators of tongue-in-cheek website The Daily Mash. Guide |
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Derry Girls Thursday, Channel 4, 10pm Channel 4's latest hit sitcom continues. Fans will be delighted it's already been confirmed to be returning for Series 2. This week, the girls have been up all night cramming for a big exam. Guide |
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Room 101 Friday, BBC One, 8:30pm Alex Brooker, Jeremy Paxman and Sally Phillips compete to have their pet hates and peeves consigned to Room 101. Topics include positive thinking, tourist attractions and David Cameron. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Friday, Channel 4, 9pm A brand new series begins. Jon Richardson and Joe Wilkinson take on guest captain Kevin Bridges and Jessica Knappett. John Cooper Clarke is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent, and Rachel Riley is in charge of the letters and numbers. Guide |
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Would I Lie To You? Friday, BBC One, 9pm In the final episode of the series, Rob, David and Lee play alongside Denise Lewis, Richard Osman, Robert Rinder and Katherine Ryan. Guide |
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QI Friday, BBC Two, 10pm Ever wondered how a Hand of Glory can make you rich? Sandi has all the answers. With Aisling Bea, Russell Brand and Noel Fielding. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm This week Graham chats to: Dame Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson and Jamie Dornan. There's also music from singer-songwriter Sigrid, who performs Strangers. Guide |
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Through The Keyhole Saturday, ITV, 9:30pm On the panel with Keith Lemon this week are Paddy McGuinness, Masterchef's Gregg Wallace, and presenter Scarlett Moffatt. Guide |
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Still Open All Hours Sunday, BBC One, 7:30pm We're loving this family-friendly series. Granville encourages Gastric to express his artistic side in a local art competition, but he throws himself into self-expression more enthusiastically than anyone could have predicted. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Bounty Hunters - Series One DVD OUT NOW. Ahead of Series 2, catch up with Sky One's fab adventure comedy Bounty Hunters. Mild-mannered art history student Barnaby is forced to join up with a ruthless bounty hunter from New York when his father's secret, shady business dealings bring his family into contact with corrupt policemen, Mexican drug cartels, Islamist terrorists, and dodgy billionaires. Details |
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Hut 33 - Series 1 - 3
Audiobook PRE-ORDER. The popular Radio 4 sitcom by James Cary is about to be rereleased in digital audiobook format. Set during World War Two, Hut 33 follows the adventures of a team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park as they work tirelessly to break German codes. Unfortunately, they hate each other. You can get the collection for free with a trial of Audible. Details |
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Count Arthur Strong - Complete Series One To Three
DVD PRE-ORDER. Wit, bon vivant, social gadfly, master of the mystic arts and star of stage and screen - Count Arthur Strong is none of these, though he likes to think he is... Steve Delaney stars as the pompously delusional Count Arthur in this hit BBC One sitcom. Rory Kinnear co-stars in this complete three series collection. Details |
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Grafters - Series 1
DVD PRE-ORDER. Starring Robson Green and Stephen Tompkinson, this late 1990s comedy drama follows two dysfunctional brothers (Joe and Trevor Purvis) and their younger cousin (Simon) running their own successful building company. Details |
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The Fenn Street Gang - The Complete Series
DVD PRE-ORDER. Spinning off from Esmonde & Larbey's smash-hit sitcom Please Sir!, The Fenn Street Gang follows the progress of the erstwhile Form 5C through a series of false starts, bad decisions and romantic upheavals, as the school-leavers try to cope with the world at large. Pre-order this complete 7 disc collection ahead of its release in early March. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Laur and Disorder
This 11 minute comedy was the winner of Edinburgh International TV Festival's Test Card Award for 'Best Scripted Pilot'. You can watch it online here now. Watch |
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Chelle & Keisha - Bigger Than Before A music video from singing and rap stars Chelle and Keisha. These new international "award-winning" artists have an important message to share. Watch |
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Big Field - University Challenge This week on BBC3's surreal show it's Jeremy Paxman, and the students who take on his incredibly hard questions. Watch |
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Walk Like A Panther - Trailer The trailer for Walk Like A Panther, a new British comedy film about a group of 1980s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Watch |
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Self versus Self An introspective journey through the mind is the topic of this sketch. Watch |
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Dress Code Three women meet in the bathroom at a party to discuss Carol, another guest in the house. A sketch written by and starring the group Those Three Girls. Watch |
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The workmate who is always on Twitter A sketch about how your social media-addicted colleague is loved more than you, even though they do less work. Watch |
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Way To Go Back in those heady days of 2013, when BBC Three was still a television channel, it launched this quirky sitcom starring Blake Harrison, Marc Wootton and Ben Heathcote. Lasting just one series, it saw the three cash-strapped friends starting up their own small business - providing not-remotely-legal suicide assistance to the terminally ill, with a dose of romance in the background. It's out on DVD. Guide |
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