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Amanda Abbington

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Romesh & Shanthi's Parental Guidance quiz piloted for ITV

Romesh Ranganathan and his mother Shanthi are reuniting on screen for a primetime ITV comedy quiz pilot, Romesh & Shanthi's Parental Guidance.

British Comedy Guide, 6th February 2024

Eddie Kadi joins Strictly 2023

Comic Eddie Kadi has signed up to compete in Strictly Come Dancing this year.

British Comedy Guide, 6th August 2023

We Are Not Alone will not return to Dave

UKTV have said that Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond's alien invasion comedy We Are Not Alone will not return to Dave for any further episodes.

British Comedy Guide, 20th June 2023

Inside No 9: Paraskevidekatriaphobia review

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton can be forgiven for a little bit of showing off in titling their latest Inside No. 9 "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" - the fear of Friday the 13th - though this episode, for the most part, is a (relatively) conventional farce.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th May 2023

The Family Pile axed by ITV after one series

ITV has said there are no plans for a second series of The Family Pile, its sitcom about four sisters who are packing up the family home to sell after their parents have died.

British Comedy Guide, 21st April 2023

The Unfriend review

Plot and performances flirt with farce.

Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 29th January 2023

The Unfriend, at the Criterion Theatre, reviewed

The Unfriend is a smart new family comedy.

Lloyd Evans, The Spectator, 27th January 2023

The Unfriend review

If the plot is lacking the performances are not.

Richard Beck, Broadway Baby, 26th January 2023

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