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Through the 1990s, one particular series dominated Channel 4's comedy offerings: the improvisation game Whose Line Is It ...
Rosie Jones's panel show Out Of Order is returning to Comedy Central for a second series, with Katherine Ryan and Judi Love ...
Brassic, Daddy Issues, Dinosaur, Only Child, Smoggie Queens and Trying are up for Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast ...
It's been revealed that when Not Going Out returns to BBC One in June for Series 14, it will see a time jump in the premise. Lee and Lucy - played by Lee Mack and Sally Bretton - are seen moving to a ...
Comedy performer Elf Lyons gives some really thoughtful and honest answers to our questions here: Tell us what you do in your job. Hello. My name is Elf. I make live comedy theatre shows and perform ...
Headscratcher careers. That's the only way to describe those careers that don't fit neatly into either the 'success' or the 'failure' category, but which bounce in and out of each on more than a few ...
The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York has launched a fundraising campaign to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, the comedy scriptwriting duo behind sitcom hits ...
What's the first thing you remember about your favourite sitcoms? The characters. Captain Mainwaring's pomposity. Basil Fawlty's simmering rage. Alan Partridge's desperate need for validation. Great ...
Topical impression show Dead Ringers is to return to Radio 4 in June. Holmes says: "As a then BBC contract writer, I was involved with the development and writing of Dead Ringers back when we began ...
Alex Horne talks about the return of his sitcom. For anyone who's unfamiliar with you and The Horne Section, how would you describe the spirit and the style of The Horne Section TV Show? Well, it's ...
Paul Zerdin, the ventriloquist who won America's Got Talent, is bringing his next show, Jaw Drop, on tour later this year, starting in September in Norwich and going through until November, ending ...
Humphrey Ker and David Reed are to play Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson in the Christmas comedy musical the pair have created with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, it has been announced. Stand-up ...