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Mackenzie Crook developing new version of Worzel Gummidge Detectorists writer, director and star Mackenzie Crook is developing a new TV sitcom based on the Worzel Gummidge childrens' books. Read |
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Susan Calman explores depression in new BBC podcast The BBC has announced that Susan Calman is to host a new podcast series about depression. Susan Calman's Mrs Brightside: A Cheerful Look At Depression will launch in May. Read |
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BBC launches 2018 New Comedy Award The 2018 BBC New Comedy Award has been launched today. Entries for the contest series close on Thursday 3rd May. Read |
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Stiff & Kitsch win Musical Comedy Awards 2018 Duo Stiff & Kitsch have won first prize at the Musical Comedy Awards 2018. Read |
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Rachel Parris wins Bath Plug Award The Mash Report star Rachel Parris has won an award at the Bath Comedy Festival. Read |
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em could return to TV with Joe Pasquale Classic sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em could be returning to television with Joe Pasquale in the lead role of Frank Spencer. Read |
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No Such Thing As A Fish team return with 2018 book The team behind podcast No Such Thing As A Fish and TV news satire No Such Thing As The News are to publish a second compendium of bizarre facts about the twelve months just gone, The Book Of The Year 2018. Read |
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Beano accuses Jacob Rees-Mogg of impersonating Walter Brown The Beano comic has issued a formal cease and desist letter to Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, requesting that he stops "impersonating the character Walter Brown". Read |
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BAFTA TV Awards 2018 - comedy nominees Catastrophe, Chewing Gum, This Country and Timewasters are amongst the BAFTA TV Awards 2018 nominees. Stars including Adam Hills, Graham Norton, Michael McIntyre and Sandi Toksvig have also been nominated. Read |
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Plebs interviews
Tom Rosenthal and Ryan Sampson talk about getting naked again as Plebs returns for Series 4. Plus we hear from new cast member Jonathan Pointing. Meanwhile guest star Robert Lindsay talks about swearing on TV. Read Plus, here's VII reasons Plebs Series 4 is worth watching |
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Car Share finale: spoiler-free preview
A preview of the final episode of Peter Kay's Car Share. Rest assured this report from the charity screening avoids giving away any spoilers about how the episode ends. Read |
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Jonathan Davenport talks about online comedy
An interview with comedy strategist Jonathan Davenport. He talks about how to make sketches work on social media, and how Facebook Watch will soon change how we consume some online comedy. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Amy Howerska
Amy Howerska's new Experimentia night champions out-there comics. But how did she get here? Read |
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Keith Farnan has 'Avengers: Infinity War' figured out
Who'll live, die and eat yogurt in Avengers: Infinity War? Keith Farnan has theories. Read |
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Podcasts Katherine Ryan is the latest guest on Richard Herring's podcast. Meanwhile Jeremy Dyson is on Stuart Goldsmith's show. There's more from Worst Writer too. Listen |
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Famalam Monday, BBC Three Following on from the pilot shown last year, a full series of this sketch show is now under way. The first episode (plus the pilot) is available on iPlayer from today, but if - like us - you prefer to watch on television, it begins on BBC Two at 10pm on Sunday. Guide |
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Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Monday, Dave, 10pm Katherine Ryan and Phil Wang join the regulars to play five video games: Rayman, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Time Crisis 5, Bee Bee Q and special endgame Let's Get Freddie To Rumble. Guide |
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Plebs Monday, ITV2, 10pm & 10:30pm Series 4 of the hit sitcom set in Rome launches with a double-bill. As you've no doubt read by now, there's a major cast change to address at the start, but they're soon back in their usual flow of laughs. It's a real corker - don't miss out. Guide |
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Russell Howard & Mum: Road Trip Monday, Comedy Central, 10pm This week Russell Howard and his mum are in LA to enroll in the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. They have 48 hours to become full blown guitar heroes. There is just one snag: neither of them can play a note. Guide |
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Last Laugh In Vegas Tuesday, ITV, 9pm Episode 2, and the showbiz entertainers begin rehearsals for the biggest performance of their lives, but impressing their American producer Frank Marino is proving to be tough. Guide |
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Cunk On Britain Tuesday, BBC Two, 10pm This spoof documentary series is packed full of so many quotable jokes. This time Philomena's odyssey takes her from King Henry the Eighth to Lord Horatio Nelson. Guide |
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Your Face Or Mine Wednesday, Comedy Central, 8pm It's game on for Shan and Billy to judge all kinds of faces for the chance to win thousands of pounds. Guide |
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Benidorm Wednesday, ITV, 9pm Sammy cannot come down after his comeback performance, so he calls Monty in the small hours to tell him that he is ready for a night at Neptune's and is over 'the fear'. Guide |
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The Chris Ramsey Show Wednesday, Comedy Central, 10pm Rising comedy star Mo Gilligan, TOWIE's Lydia-Rose Bright, and Ollie Locke from Made In Chelsea are set to be the guests this week. Guide |
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Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe And Billy Wilder Thursday, Sky Arts, 10pm Sky Arts' new season of comedies based on urban myths and legends kicks off with a look behind the scenes on the filming of the movie Some Like it Hot, which follows on the channel straight afterwards. Gemma Arterton stars as Marilyn Monroe. Guide |
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Not Going Out Thursday, BBC One, 9pm This week in the gag-packed sitcom Lee and Lucy object to the school lollipop man handing out lollipops to the kids. Guide |
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Still Game Thursday, BBC One, 9:30pm Isa's pulse is set racing when her long lost friend, retired Hollywood stuntman Callum Coburn, returns to Craiglang. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice Thursday, ITV2, 10pm Joining the panel this week are EastEnders star Richard Blackwood and Hollyoaks actor Gary Lucy. Guide |
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In The Long Run Thursday, Sky One, 10pm Walter's goddaughter Cynthia ropes the family in to help arrange her engagement party when he own father refuses to support her and her fiancé. Guide |
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Have I Got News For You Friday, BBC One, 9:30pm Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Victoria Coren Mitchell and panellists Richard Osman and Val McDermid. Guide |
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Lee And Dean Friday, Channel 4, 10pm Lee and Dean carry out their first ever job for a gay couple. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bryce-D'Souza and Nikki start to develop an unlikely friendship. Guide |
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Episodes Friday, BBC Two, 10pm Matt tries to convince Sean and Beverly to leave The Opposite of Us and create his next show. Carol hits rock bottom. But she finds solace in the most unlikely of places. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Naomie Harris, Martin Freeman and Roger Daltrey are all booked to appear on Graham's show this week. Should be a fun mix. Guide |
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Rob Beckett's Playing For Time Friday, Channel 4, 11:20pm Rob Beckett is joined on his time-travel-computer-game-playing adventures this time by Josh Widdicombe. Guide |
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Ready Or Not Saturday, BBC One, 6:15pm This time Tom Allen is making a scene in Birmingham, and visitors to a peaceful art gallery in Edinburgh get a little more than they bargained for. Guide |
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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule Saturday, ITV, 7:30pm Series 2 of Harry Hill's madcap panel show begins. Micky Flanagan, political journalist Robert Peston, Coronation Street actor Sally Dynevor, and broadcasting legend Anneka Rice join him. Guide |
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The Keith & Paddy Picture Show Saturday, ITV, 9:25pm Another Series 2 debut. This edition presents Keith and Paddy's version of Grease, featuring Stacey Solomon, Nicole Scherzinger, Fearne Cotton, Marvin Humes, Emily Atack, Pat Oliver, James Crossley, Emma Willis, Adam C Booth, Hank Osasuna and George Potts. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Still Game - The Complete Series 8
DVD PRE-ORDER. Still Game returns to DVD with its complete eighth series. If you've been watching the episodes on TV, you'll know this series features funny adventures including a trip to a caravan and a dodgy game of football. 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 from Series 6 and Series 7. Details |
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Adam Kay - This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor
Paperback PRE-ORDER. A new paperback release of Adam Kay's hit back. The comic was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, when a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future. This Is Going To Hurt intersperses tales from the front line of healthcare with his reflections on the current situation in the NHS. Details |
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Benidorm - Series 10
DVD PRE-ORDER. The complete tenth series of ITV's hit sitcom, including the eventful wedding of Joyce Temple Savage and Monty Staines. If you enjoy spending time with the Solana regulars, then pre-order this set now. Details |
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Bridget Christie Minds The Gap - Series 2
Audiobook OUT NOW. The complete second series of Bridget Christie's award-winning series about modern feminism. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Modern Man Song Dave Bibby was voted as the audience favourite at this year's Musical Comedy Awards. In this video he offers a guide on to how to be a modern man. Watch |
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Long Night At Blackstone This one-off comedy drama about a ghost hunting TV programme that discovers itself in an actual haunted house can be found on iPlayer now. Here's a clip featuring guest star Frankie Boyle: Watch |
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Dinosaurs interactive book Bec Hill is brilliant at making interactive pop-up books. Here's her latest one, with accompanies a song about dinosaurs sung by Jay Foreman. Watch |
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Simon's Cat: Polished Paws Simon's Cat goes all slip 'n' slide in the latest episode of the long-running animated web series about a cute feline. Watch |
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Lee And Dean - How to treat the ladies In this online exclusive video, Lee from the Channel 4 sitcom Lee And Dean gives us some of his tips on how to treat the ladies. Watch |
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Dreaming Whilst Black This new comedy drama web series about a man who wants to become a film director is worth a look - it's stylishly shot. There's some good satire too - this episode we've selected here starts with a metaphor why it is a struggle for diverse talent to make it in the film industry. Watch |
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Johnny English Strikes Again - Trailer The trailer for the third Johnny English film has now been released. Co-starring Ben Miller again, the plot focuses on a cyber-attack which reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain. Only one man can save the day! Watch |
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The Full Monty This Oscar-winning British comedy marks its 21st anniversary later this year, and if you've seen ITV's The Real Full Monty in recent weeks, it might just have been on your mind. Starring the likes of Robert Carlyle, Paul Barber and Mark Addy, it tells the story of a group of unemployed middle-aged men in Sheffield who - in desperate need of some cash - put on a male strippers show. Guide |
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