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Another new week has dawned, and as ever, we've been busy collecting up lots of news we think you'd be interested in... |
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Latest comedy news |
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Michael McIntyre to host BBC game show The WheelMichael McIntyre is to host a new "feel-good" Saturday night BBC One game show called The Wheel. |
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Virtual Edinburgh Fringe plans revealedThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe has unveiled digital plans to replace the cancelled August festival. |
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Benny Hill's film debut restoredBenny Hill's first feature film, Who Done It?, has been restored to HD and will be released on Blu-ray in August. |
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Kurupt FM wins at British Podcast AwardsThe Kurupt FM Podkast has won in the Best Comedy category at the British Podcast Awards. Other winners include Rule Of Three, The Rob Auton Daily Podcast and Shagged. Married. Annoyed.. |
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Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Guz Khan for Comedy Game NightComedy Central has commissioned Comedy Game Night, a show with Liza Tarbuck as host and Sue Perkins and Guz Khan as team captains. |
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Nexflix to stream new Jack Whitehall stand-up specialNetflix is to publish new stand-up special Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking on Tuesday 21st July. |
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Julia Sawalha axed from Chicken Run 2 as voice 'too old'Julia Sawalha has posted a statement on her Twitter account saying she has been told she will not be cast as Ginger in the Chicken Run sequel as her voice now sounds "too old". |
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Harry Hill developing caveman showHarry Hill has shared his plans for a wordless, internationally touring stage show, while slamming meddling television bosses. |
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#SaveLiveComedy campaign launched as 78% of venues fear closureThe newly formed Live Comedy Association has launched a #SaveLiveComedy campaign after discovering that almost 78% of live comedy venues fear permanent closure within the next year. |
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Bill Bailey to publish new Remarkable Guide To HappinessBill Bailey is to publish a second Remarkable Guide book this autumn. His guide to happiness follows on from 2016's guide to British birdlife. |
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BFI announces commissioned youth showsThe BFI has announced a range of commissioned television series from its Young Audiences Content Fund, including an adaptation of hit YouTube comedy Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, and new Aardman sitcom Lloyd Of The Flies. |
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BBC Two to broadcast Harry Hill's World Of TVBBC Two is to broadcast Harry Hill's World Of TV, a series in which the TV Burp star presents amusing archive TV clips from different genres. |
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Comedy drama to star autistic lead actorThe makers of Fleabag are piloting Dinosaur, a comedy drama for the BBC with an autistic lead actor. |
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Gary Delaney to publish joke bookGary Delaney is to publish Pundamentalist this October, a book featuring many of his gags and one-liners. |
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Features |
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Bilal Zafar talks about his Twitch successHis career had lost momentum and his mood was dark. Then lockdown struck, and Bilal Zafar found himself with the unlikeliest change of direction: managing a surreal virtual soccer team on an old video game. Now he's getting loads of viewers and even selling replica shirts. Which is a far cry from the not-fun TV work he was offered before. |
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Comedy Chronicles - Terry-Thomas: The Ibiza yearsThirty years since his death, Terry-Thomas remains the most English of screen stars. From 1968, however, the comedy icon lost his heart to a Spanish island in the middle of the Mediterranean... |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Bethany BlackAngry crowd management, an agoraphobic lockdown and the girlfriend with the rubbish tattoo: Bethany Black on her circuit uppers and downers. |
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David O'Doherty on recording an album in a storm during a pandemicThe musical comic on how he handles not being John Oliver, sexual abuse on the stand-up circuit and his Antarctic sitcom. |
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British Comedy Quiz #109Miranda, Benidorm, Ross Noble, Citizen Khan and The Young Ones are amongst this week's question topics. |
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BCG ProFor everything to do with writing, performing and producing comedy, head to our BCG Pro website. You've got to the end of the month to enter our sketch writing competition. |
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PodcastsRichard Herring has launched another brand new podcast. His latest reviews the week's news, with the help of a 128 year-old ventriloquist's dummy. Yes, ventriloquism in podcast form. (A video version is also available.) |
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TV listings |
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Comedians: Home AloneIn the final episode, Gavin & Stacey star Mathew Horne reveals how life in isolation is familiar territory for an actor, Tim Key provides food for thought from his kitchen and Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke perform another lip sync battle. |
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QISandi Toksvig asks questions on the theme of reflections this week, with Joe Lycett, Zoe Lyons, Liza Tarbuck and Alan Davies trying to come up with interesting answers - while avoiding the most obvious ones. |
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There She GoesRosie is obsessed with Christmas despite the fact that it is only mid-February, forever wanting to watch festive films on repeat and even dragging Simon to buy a tree. In flashbacks to 2008, Emily and Simon are no longer talking, except to argue. |
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The Other OneCat decides to take Cathy on their own 'sister honeymoon' to cheer her up. Fingers crosssed for another series: stay tuned to our website for any news. |
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Big Zuu's Big EatsIn the last in the series, Big Zuu heads to Bath to cook for vegan Lou Sanders. There's a short Q&A with Lou in our guide to the show. |
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The Young OffendersThe entire third series of this sitcom will be available on iPlayer from Sunday. It starts off with Conor and Jock joining forces with Billy Murphy, who has masterminded an amateur heist of luxury televisions. |
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The comedy on the radio this week includes the start of a new series of the sitcom Relativity (Friday, 11:30am). For a complete list of TV and broadcasts, including repeats, see our full schedule. |
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Comedy videos |
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When you can't stop checking yourself out on ZoomHere's the winner of our BCG Pro Video Contest for July. Written by and starring Charlie Dinkin and directed by Benjamin Sutton, this sketch taps into a very modern phenomenon! |
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Peter Peter's Positivity ProgrammeThis 10-part series stars Tim Treloar as a bitter geography teacher on sick leave. You can watch all the episodes on our website now. |
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How To Deal With Your Post-Lockdown BodyHave you gained a bit of a weight during lockdown? Here's a rap explaining what to do. |
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Seeds of LoveLove grows in unexpected places, as this sketch shows. |
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HouseboundAfter 14 episodes, this star-packed online sitcom comes to an end. Jason Watkins is amongst the actors popping up in the finale. He plays a budding author who is pitching his first novel to a publisher. |
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Every single annoying lockdown advert...Kate Smurthwaite recreates those kinds of lockdown adverts you have definitely already seen on TV. |
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Dragony Aunts - Jack RookeComedy Central's comic chat show continues. Candy & Crystal are joined by comedian Jack Rooke, who's struggling with coming out to his grandma. |
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Pigeon BoyTwo idiots raised a pigeon during lockdown. They've made a comedy music video in the style of disgraced rap-rave group Die Antwoord. |
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Vibe It OutJazz Emu says: "I can teach you how to ejector-seat from any uncomfortable situation." |
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Alan Partridge Podcast trailerA video trailer for the new podcast featuring Alan Partridge, coming out this September. |
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Spotlight |
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Sharon HorganHappy birthday to writer, actor and producer Sharon Horgan, who turns 50 today. Born in London to an Irish mother and Kiwi father, the comedy star came to prominence in the mid-2000s with acclaimed BBC Three sitcom Pulling. However, that wasn't the start of her British comedy career, and it certainly wasn't the end. How well do you know the rest of her impressive body of work? |
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Thanks for reading |
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