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Count Binface launches Richmond and Northallerton manifesto
Count Binface has pledged to build a "space bridge" to solve Northallerton's traffic problems as he announced his election manifesto.
Darlington and Stockton Times, 17th June 2024
Nature Table book extract
The bizarre world of the North American dance fly...
Chortle, 17th June 2024
Hugh Bonneville, Alex Kingston and Steven Moffat on their cancel comedy
As Douglas Is Cancelled prepares to air, Moffat talks about career implosions, Bonneville relives past nude scenes - and Kingston recalls the "wandering hands" warnings she used to be given.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 17th June 2024
Dinner For One is to get spin-off series 60 years later in Europe
British TV comedy Dinner for One is getting a spin-off series in Germany, with the country's most famous film studio producing six brand new episodes. Beloved in Europe but virtually forgotten in the UK, the 1960s sketch sees Freddie Frinton playing a butler to May Warden's Miss Sophie, an upper class English woman.
Abbie Llewelyn, Daily Mail, 17th June 2024
Lil Wenker interview
"Everything is hyper exaggerated." Lil Wenker tells us about her new spaghetti western-themed clown comedy Bangtail.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 17th June 2024
Alex Kingston: 'Cancel culture is fascistic - my generation is treading on eggshells'
Ahead of her new ITV drama Douglas Is Cancelled, the actress discusses online mobs, the 'casting couch', and changing her mind on Doctor Who.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 17th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 19 - For the Love of Spam
"It's about MY love of Spam."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 17th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 18 - Fan/Girl
"I spray a lot of Charlie Red."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 17th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 17 - 44 Sex Acts in One Week
"You will never look at a cantaloupe melon the same way again."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 17th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 16 - Harriet Dyer: SKIN
"A show of mine once got described as 'anecdotal art' and that's what I try to bring to all my shows."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 17th June 2024On the Mic Picks: Serious Theatre from Serious People
Despite the Gilded Balloon trying to kick them out, can they cling on to their dreams of making it big in Edinburgh? We love a good meta comedy.
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Fags, Mags And Bags
Series 11, Episode 3 - Ramesh-PocalypseRamesh sees the return of a troublesome sibling who wreaks havoc in Lenzie.
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 81, Episode 6A return trip to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, where Jack Dee is joined by Fred Macaulay, Milton Jones, Pippa Evans and Rory Bremner, with Colin Sell on the piano.