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  • August is Channel 4′s new talent month,with nightly topical comedy, comedy shorts on E4 and a new selection of Comedy Labs pilots. There are six 30-minute pilots among which five...

    Channel 4 go for New Talent

    August is Channel 4′s new talent month,with nightly topical comedy, comedy shorts on E4 and a new selection of Comedy Labs pilots. There are six 30-minute pilots among which five...

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  • OK take a deep breath and be prepared for the bizarre introduction – and then witness the bizarre pleasure that is Frankie Howerd singing the Beatles’ When I’m Sixty-Four from...

    Possibly the strangest, yet…

    OK take a deep breath and be prepared for the bizarre introduction – and then witness the bizarre pleasure that is Frankie Howerd singing the Beatles’ When I’m Sixty-Four from...

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  • Certainly as the comedy industry gets bigger and bigger, more and more comics, writers and producers are needed – but what are the chances of a journalist (notorious for their...

    Standup Comedy – Can anyone do it?

    Certainly as the comedy industry gets bigger and bigger, more and more comics, writers and producers are needed – but what are the chances of a journalist (notorious for their...

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  • [singlepic=46,320,240,,right]Catherine Tate’s recent success as Donna Noble in Doctor Who and her subsequent move to the land of high-profile theatre roles is just one ina series of examples of comics...

    Dramatic Comics

    [singlepic=46,320,240,,right]Catherine Tate’s recent success as Donna Noble in Doctor Who and her subsequent move to the land of high-profile theatre roles is just one ina series of examples of comics...

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  • At long last, the page you’ve been waiting for! The original version of Quintessential Comedy featured the first in a series of articles and essays about comedy. Kicking it off...

    Are they the greatest?

    At long last, the page you’ve been waiting for! The original version of Quintessential Comedy featured the first in a series of articles and essays about comedy. Kicking it off...

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  • [singlepic=55,320,240,,right]Angus Deayton and a host of guests return this Friday at 9pm with a second series of Would I Lie To You? the comedy panel gameshow that constantly evokes memories...

    I would lie to you…

    [singlepic=55,320,240,,right]Angus Deayton and a host of guests return this Friday at 9pm with a second series of Would I Lie To You? the comedy panel gameshow that constantly evokes memories...

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  • [singlepic=52,320,240,,right]Delighted to say that Mock the Week is back on Thursday! That’s right, the funniest man in Ireland Dara O’Braian and his teams return with the usual irreverent look at...

    Tommy Mockers!

    [singlepic=52,320,240,,right]Delighted to say that Mock the Week is back on Thursday! That’s right, the funniest man in Ireland Dara O’Braian and his teams return with the usual irreverent look at...

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  • You’re in a room. On one side is Jack Dee with his grumpy deadpad repartee. On the other is American deadpan absurdist Steven Wright. Each is virtually unheard of outside...

    Deadpan-Off

    You’re in a room. On one side is Jack Dee with his grumpy deadpad repartee. On the other is American deadpan absurdist Steven Wright. Each is virtually unheard of outside...

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  • Currently enjoying the superb Max & Paddy’s Road to Nowhere, the Phoenix Nights spin-off starring Peter Kaye and Patrick McGuinness as the eponymous hapless road-tripping doormen. From Dirty Dancing to...

    Magnet & Steel

    Currently enjoying the superb Max & Paddy’s Road to Nowhere, the Phoenix Nights spin-off starring Peter Kaye and Patrick McGuinness as the eponymous hapless road-tripping doormen. From Dirty Dancing to...

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  • [singlepic=54,320,240,,right]More Edinburgh Festival warm-ups have been announced, with Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett – two sides of the Red Dwarf‘s computer Holly – scheduled on the same bill at Harrogate...

    Holly Squared Live

    [singlepic=54,320,240,,right]More Edinburgh Festival warm-ups have been announced, with Hattie Hayridge and Norman Lovett – two sides of the Red Dwarf‘s computer Holly – scheduled on the same bill at Harrogate...

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