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Tom Allen Absolutely Live. Tom Allen.

Tom Allen to host Quizness on Channel 4

Wednesday 24th February 2021

Tom Allen is to host a Quizness, a Channel 4 game show that is described as "funny, fast-paced and brilliantly play-alongable".

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Copyright: Faye Thomas.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge becomes Edinburgh Fringe Society president

Friday 19th February 2021

Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been named as the new president of the society that runs Edinburgh's fringe festival.

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Matt Lucas.

Matt Lucas to celebrate 50 years of Mr Men

Monday 15th February 2021

Matt Lucas is to front 50 Years Of The Mr Men, a Channel 4 show which celebrates the characters created by Roger Hargreaves.

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Iain Pattinson.

Comedy writer Iain Pattinson has died

Monday 15th February 2021

Iain Pattinson, who has written countless jokes for shows including I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, has died.

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Daliso Chaponda.

Daliso Chaponda joins judging panel for Wodehouse book contest

Friday 5th February 2021

Daliso Chaponda has joined the judging panel for the 2021 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.

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Matt Richardson.

Matt Richardson replacing Rufus Hound on Dancing On Ice

Thursday 4th February 2021

Matt Richardson is to join Dancing On Ice this weekend. Producers have been forced to remove Rufus Hound from the competition after he tested positive for covid-19.

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John Bishop.

Comedy stars take part in Celebrity Bake Off 2021

Thursday 28th January 2021

Tom Allen, David Baddiel, Rob Beckett, John Bishop, Katherine Ryan and Reece Shearsmith will appear in The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer 2021 series.

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Michael McIntyre.

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel to return for Series 2

Sunday 24th January 2021

Michael McIntyre's game show The Wheel is to return to BBC One for a sixteen-part second series.

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Jason Manford.

Jason Manford to host BBC quiz show Unbeatable

Thursday 21st January 2021

Jason Manford is to host 50 episodes of Unbeatable, a new game show for BBC One's afternoon schedule.

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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy. Noel Fielding. Copyright: Secret Peter.

Noel Fielding's designs for fashion label Fendi unveiled

Monday 18th January 2021

Noel Fielding has collaborated with Italian fashion house Fendi for its "New Normal" winter menswear collection, which launched over the weekend.

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