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Ricky Gervais: 'Bowie kept illness from everyone'
Ricky Gervais has revealed he was exchanging emails with David Bowie two weeks before his death but that Bowie kept the state of his health a secret.
Colin Paterson, BBC News, 25th April 2016Peake-Jones never watched OFAH until appearing on it
Actress Tessa Peake-Jones, 58, on how she got involved with Britain's biggest sitcom as Raquel, her dream of dancing on Strictly..., and a close encounter with a naked James Norton.
Laura Millar, The Mirror, 24th April 2016Comedians succeed in doing Everest gig
A group of comedians has been successful in their attempt to do a gig on Mount Everest in the Himalayas.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2016Taskmaster Series 3 line-up revealed
Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry, Dave Gorman, Al Murray and Sara Pascoe will take part in the third series of Taskmaster.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2016Steve Coogan: my family values
The actor and comedian talks about growing up in a happy, boisterous family and becoming a father at a difficult time in his life.
Tony Padman, The Guardian, 15th April 2016Blast off! event launches Derby Comedy Festival
Derby Comedy Festival bursts into life in on Saturday, April 16, with a day of free entertainment for all the family in the Market Place.
The Derby Telegraph, 8th April 2016Plebs is back: sharply written, funny & filthy as ever
Series three of the ITV2 comedy sees Marcus, Stylax and Grumio on the wrong end of a lion, while guest stars Maureen Lipman and Michelle Keegan shine.
Paul Jones, Radio Times, 4th April 2016Black Mountain Poets even make a Tesco receipt funny
When the endlessly moody and peculiar Alice Lowe character reads out a Tesco receipt and tries to give it the hard poetic sell, her sister, in a bonding moment, agrees she's sprung something from nothing through sheer force of will. The same's true of this threesome and this film.
Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 31st March 2016Seven questions with... Gráinne Maguire
Irish stand up comedian Gráinne Maguire has recently been extending her comedic influence to the world of politics, with her appearance on BBC Question Time back in January being the catalyst for her being named Moody Comedy's Comedian of the Month. Gráinne's approach to political debate is particularly refreshing due to her positive can-do attitude and this outlook is also reflected in her stand up, with audiences being left with a constructive message, rather than a defeatist one.
Becca Moody, Beyond The Joke, 30th March 2016Nominations for Wodehouse book prize revealed
Marina Lewycka, Paul Murray and John O'Farrell are among the authors vying for an award celebrating the year's funniest novels.
BBC News, 23rd March 2016