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Mark Watson launches online-only comedy festival Access

Friday 2nd December 2022

Mark Watson is launching an online-only comedy festival for stand-up fans that can't get to live gigs, featuring himself, Alex Horne, Tim Key, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Sarah Keyworth among others. He is also recording a fourth series of Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life for Radio 4.

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Mae Martin shooting debut Netflix special

Friday 2nd December 2022

Mae Martin is to film their first, full-length Netflix special, an hour-long version of their stand-up show Sap.

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Jason Manford releasing BBC One stand-up special Recent Nostalgia

Thursday 1st December 2022

Jason Manford has filmed Recent Nostalgia, a one-hour recording of his Like Me tour, to air on BBC One and iPlayer over Christmas.

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BBC launches online channel Funny Parts

Thursday 1st December 2022

BBC Studios has launched Funny Parts, a digital platform to showcase classic clips and new content.

First Footing. Image shows left to right: Paul Black (Paul Black), Truman (Carl Spencer) TV

Paul Black brings a Hogmanay whodunnit spoof to BBC Scotland

Wednesday 30th November 2022

TikTok star Paul Black writes, directs and stars in Paul Black's First Footing for BBC Scotland, part of a festive line-up for the corporation north of the border that also features the return of Greg Hemphill and Robert Florence's Queen Of The New Year and Ooh The Banter, a celebration of Scottish humour presented by Jack Docherty.

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John Robertson to perform 50 hour Dark Room show on Twitch

Tuesday 29th November 2022

John Robertson will perform his acclaimed interactive live-action videogame comedy show The Dark Room for 50 hours on Twitch. Starting 8pm on Friday 2nd December, it'll run until 10pm on Sunday 4th December 2022.

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Jon Holmes to celebrate song mash-ups via Radio 2

Tuesday 29th November 2022

The Skewer's mix-and-mash-up supremo Jon Holmes is returning to Radio 2 to host a celebration of musical mash-ups.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows left to right: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer TV

Bob Mortimer wants more Gone Fishing after Norwegian Christmas special

Tuesday 29th November 2022

Bob Mortimer says that he and Paul Whitehouse want to keep making their Gone Fishing show until the BBC cancel it, ahead of a Christmas special which sees the pair leave Britain's riverbanks for the waters of Norway.

Detectorists. Image shows left to right: Andy Stone (Mackenzie Crook), Lance Stater (Toby Jones) TV

Detectorists returning only to end for good?

Tuesday 29th November 2022

Detectorists is returning for an extended Christmas episode but Andy and Lance fall out and the future of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club is in jeopardy.

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Mark Gatiss summons three ghost stories for the BBC at Christmas

Tuesday 29th November 2022

Mark Gatiss has adapted M.R. James' classic ghost story, Count Magnus, for the BBC this Christmas. The corporation is also airing a recording of his stage version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, while Radio 4 features Mark Gatiss And Richard Coles Are On A Ghost Hunt.

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