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Hayley Ellis releases debut YouTube special

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Hayley Ellis has released her award-winning stand-up show Invisible Mam on YouTube.

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical

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Spitting Image The Musical transfers to the West End in May

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical will run at London's Phoenix Theatre from 24th May to 26th August 2023.

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British comics join The Great American Joke Off

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Tom Allen, Milton Jones, Hugh Dennis, Ed Gamble, Glenn Moore and Rhys James have landed spots on The Great American Joke Off, a new US panel show from the makers of Mock The Week and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Sykes. Eric Sykes (Eric Sykes). Copyright: BBC

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ITVX to celebrate Eric Sykes

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

To mark the centenary of the birth of Eric Sykes, ITVX is to make available the This Is Your Life episode featuring the comedian. It will also be making classic British comedy The Plank available.

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Lee Kyle releases stand-up special on YouTube

Tuesday 21st March 2023

Lee Kyle has released his stand-up show Disco Twix as a special on YouTube.

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Sooz Kempner to star in Doctor Who multiplatform story Doom's Day

Tuesday 21st March 2023

Comedian Sooz Kempner has been signed up to be the face and voice of Doctor Who character Doom in Doom's Day, a multiplatform series which forms part of the sci-fi show's 60th anniversary celebrations.

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Chris McCausland in pitch-black reality show Scared Of The Dark

Tuesday 21st March 2023

Blind stand-up comic Chris McCausland is to take part in Scared Of The Dark, a Channel 4 reality show in which celebrities must spend eight days in a purpose-built living space designed to block out any light.

Jokes Only A ... Can Tell. Nabil Abdulrashid

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Channel 4's Jokes Only A ... Can Tell back with immigrants & NHS staff

Saturday 18th March 2023

Channel 4 has ordered an expanded second series of its diverse stand-up showcase Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, featuring immigrants, NHS workers, the neurodivergent, Muslim, Indian, Scottish and Northern Irish comedians.