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Julian Clary hosts new Radio 2 panel show pilot
Julian Clary is to host Censored, a Radio 2 panel show pilot in which media clips are beeped to hide key words. Read |
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Lee Mack to host new comedy game show Lee Mack is to host First & Last, a comedy game show in which members of the public mustn't come first and mustn't come last. Read |
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Bradley Walsh to star in new Radio 2 sitcom Bradley Walsh is to star in The World According To Harry Priest, a new sitcom in development for Radio 2. Read |
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Woman goes to hospital after laughing too hard at Michael McIntyre A woman had to go to hospital after developing chest pains that were brought on by laughing too hard at Michael McIntyre's new live show. Read |
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Comedy Central orders more online comedy series Comedy Central has announced it is to expand its digital programming slate with a range of new short form comedies for its online platforms. Forthcoming offerings include shows called Modern Horror Stories and What I Wish I'd Said. Read |
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Jim Bowen dies aged 80 Comic and TV presenter Jim Bowen has died at the age of 80. Read |
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Josh Widdicombe to host 'life hack' show Josh Widdicombe is to host a show in which "celebrities examine frustrations with their own inadequate lives to come up with life hacks, innovations, inventions and all manner of hair brained ideas". Read |
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Joe Lycett to host 'consumer justice' comedy pilot Joe Lycett is to host the pilot episode of a new comedy show "which uses the power of pettiness to investigate a range of consumer gripes". Read |
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BBC to launch new podcast featuring comedian interviews The BBC is to launch Knock Knock, a podcast in which Helen Lederer interviews comedians. Read |
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Funny Women Awards 2017 results Thanyia Moore, Cam Spence, Alex Hardy and Naomi Sheldon won prizes at the Funny Women Awards last Monday night. Read |
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Anna Morris interview We catch up with character comic and actor Anna Morris to find out about her latest projects, the live show Bitchelors and new TV sitcom Lee And Dean. Read |
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Desiree Burch interview It's been a big year since we spoke to the increasingly in-demand Desiree Burch, with the Albert Hall to come. So why is she currently doing a week of experimental theatre? Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Foil, Arms & Hog Irish trio Foil, Arms & Hog talk us through their finest failed chair-on-face material. Read |
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The rise of dramedy Writer Jack Kelly address the rise of drama amidst more traditional sitcoms, and the changing TV comedy landscape. Read |
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Podcasts MP Jess Phillips is on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast. BBC Writersroom talks to Sitcom Geeks about how they're looking for new scripts. The Worst Writer in the World starts a new story about a mystery golden bus. Listen |
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This Country Monday, BBC Three This week on the hit sitcom, the vicar's son returns from living in Bristol. Can Kurtan help him readjust to village life? Guide |
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Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Monday, Dave, 10pm Anna Richardson and Nish Kumar play these games: Virtua Fighter, Alien: Isolation, Worms Armageddon, Shovel Knight and special endgame Space Invadaras. Guide |
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Action Team Monday, ITV2, 10pm This week on the spy spoof: Logan's girlfriend Samantha has been kidnapped by an Abacus spy. Guide |
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Mum Tuesday, BBC Two, 10pm As summer draws to a close, Cathy and Michael see each other for the first time in months. And with Maureen in hospital, Reg anxiously waits for news. Guide |
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dinnerladies diaries Wednesday, Gold, 8pm In Episode 2 of this documentary, Victoria Wood describes the making of dinnerladies and how she persuaded the BBC to record each episode twice. Guide |
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Your Face Or Mine Wednesday, Comedy Central, 8pm Series 3 of this comedy game show launches with a celebrity special. It's game on for Love Island's Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood to win thousands of pounds for charity. Guide |
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Benidorm Wednesday, ITV, 9pm Hale & Pace guest star as a pair of detectives. Meanwhile Joyce is furious with Monty but a chance meeting with Sammy Valentino means he might get his job back. Guide |
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Damned Wednesday, Channel 4, 10pm & 10:35pm Last week's episode was postponed, so Series 2 ends this week with a double-bill. Nat is looking for a birthing partner (see our site for a preview clip). The final episode is emotional. Guide |
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Bliss Wednesday, Sky One, 10pm To his horror, Andrew realises that his son, Kris, is about to start a new job at his other house. Staring down the barrel of certain disaster, Andrew goes to extreme lengths to save himself. Guide |
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The Chris Ramsey Show Wednesday, Comedy Central, 10pm Music star Example and comedian Jayde Adams are set to be the guests joining Chris Ramsey this week. Guide |
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Not Going Out Thursday, BBC One, 9pm A missing toy keyring causes a rift between Lee and Lucy and best friends, Toby and Anna. Guide |
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Still Game Thursday, BBC One, 9:30pm It's a must-win match that sees Jack, Victor and the rest of the Craiglang gang in sporting spirit as they take part in a walking football tournament. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice Thursday, ITV2, 10pm Series 19 of the panel show. It launches with an hour-long live special. The regulars are joined by Queen of the Jungle Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo. Guide |
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The Last Leg Friday, Channel 4, 10pm The present series concludes - very possibly with a return appearance by Cuba Gooding Jr. Guide |
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Hold The Sunset Sunday, BBC One, 8pm The last episode in the series. Phil is worried that Edith's old flame Bob may be gaining ground, and that his own one-time floozy Desiree may put in an unwelcome appearance. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Otley Blu-ray OUT NOW. Tom Courtenay stars in Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais's 1968 spy comedy as the titular charming scrounger who stumbles into espionage, murder and a web of double-crossing. Mistaken for a spy, kidnapped and romantically embroiled with a sexy foreign agent; Otley is now available to own for the first time, plus extras. All four original novels are also to be republished soon. Details |
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - Series 7 Complete CD & audiobook PRE-ORDER. Six more episodes of BBC Radio 4's multi-award-winning sketch show, written by and starring John Finnemore. Expect sketches! Expect songs! They're what made up the previous series, so it's a pretty safe bet that this CD contains them too. Details |
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Adam Endacott - The Kenneth Williams Companion Hardback PRE-ORDER. This new book details all of Kenneth Williams's stage, radio, TV, recordings and film work as a chronology. With fascinating facts, memories, many from people who haven't spoken before, and information, this book is everything you ever needed to know about the career of one of Britain's greatest comedy actors, from a career spanning 40 years. Details |
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For The Love Of Ada - The Complete Series DVD OUT NOW. This gentle, fondly remembered sitcom pairs comedy legends Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles as two septuagenarians, Yorkshireman Walter Bingley and Londoner Ada Cresswell, who find that as romance blossoms, so too does the inevitable emotional turmoil... Does the "permissive society" extend to its senior citizens? Can the North-South divide be bridged? Details |
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Still Game - The Complete Series 8 DVD PRE-ORDER. Still Game returns to DVD with its complete eighth series, currently airing on BBC One. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill star in their sitcom, with this latest run seeing the death of one much-loved regular character. Plus, more of the regular insanity from Isa, Tam, Boabby, Winston and the gang. Details |
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The Goon Show - Volume 33: Round The World In Eighty Days
CD & audiobook PRE-ORDER. Four episodes of the legendary BBC radio comedy starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. The episodes included in this volume are: Foiled By President Fred (Series 6 Episode 7), Personal Narrative (Series 7 Episode 8), Round The World In Eighty Days (Series 7 Episode 21), and The Missing Boa Constrictor (Series 7 Episode 25). Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Miss Holland A new BBC online series in which Eline Van der Velden, playing Miss Holland, mucks around with the great British public whilst in character. Watch |
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James Acaster: Repertoire James Acaster's stand-up specials will be added to Netflix next week. Here's a trailer featuring some of his jokes. Watch |
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First Aid Training First Aid is one of the most important skills you can learn. But what happens if you're too good at it? This is a great sketch premise. Watch |
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Kid Arthur - Pilot The pilot for a new animated series. Little King Arthur just wants to do well on his maths test, but Mordred won't stop distracting him with ogres and dragons and plans to destroy him utterly. Watch |
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Spice Boys Video Blog Posh private school kids Seb and Lucien - aka 'The Spice Boys' - release their first video blog. This is actually a well-observed sketch from the duo Giants. Watch |
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A Brexit Poem A poem on the topic of Europe, from Brian McMorley (who looks a lot like The Mash Report's Greig Johnson). Watch |
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Mr. Don And Mr. George Do you recall this sitcom from way back in the early 1990s? Moray Hunter and Jack Docherty starred in this Channel 4 series - which they also wrote - as the curious best friends first seen in hit sketch show Absolutely. A bit of a cult hit, the show lasted for just one series. Ahead of its 25th anniversary later this year (no, really), all six episodes are available to watch on demand with All 4, and to buy to download and keep. Guide |
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