News: Katherine Ryan, Geoff Norcott, Jimmy Carr, Nish Kumar, Henning Wehn, Sophie Willan and Tez Ilyas For C4's Altemative Election Coverage

On Thursday night Channel 4 is hosting a live eight-hour Alternative Election Night show.

Hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Katherine Ryan along with Rylan Clark-Neal, who will be sense-checking results, an eclectic mix of the country’s biggest political figures and sharpest comedic talent will be in the studio to tell the dramatic story as it unfolds, with top-class analysis and some much-needed laughs.

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News: Triple Win For Ricky Gervais In The I Talk Telly Awards

Ricky Gervais has been the big winner in this year's I Talk Telly Awards, scooping three prizes in the public vote.

He won Best Comedy Performance for his role in After Life and the acclaimed Netflix series also won Best New Comedy, while the scene in which a schoolboy is called "you tubby little ginger c**t" won Moment of the Year.

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News: Chris Ramsey Is Knocked Out Of Strictly

Comedian Chris Ramsey has been knocked out of this year's Strictly Come Dancing competition.

Ramsey and his partner Karen Hauer came bottom on Saturday night and on Sunday night's programme were in the dance-off with CBBC presenter Karim Zeroual.

The judges decided that Karim should make it through.

Review: Sh!t Actually by Sh!t Theatre, Camden People's Theatre, NW1

I've got a very large soft spot for Sh!t Theatre, the punky, powerhouse duo of Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole. I've seen most of their shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, but because they are not always in the comedy programme I've tended to see them at the end of the festival. Two years ago their show DollyWould, their oddball ode to Dolly Parton, was the very last show I saw and I lost my notebook in the theatre.

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News: American Remake for This Country

American network Fox is developing a version of BBC hit This Country.

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News: BBC Studios Production Comedy Team Signs Exclusive Deal With Inside No. 9's Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton

BBC Studios Production Comedy team, creators of some of the best loved comedies, has signed an exclusive deal with BAFTA and RTS award winning Inside No 9 creators, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

The multi-talented duo will develop new comedy and comedy drama projects for the UK and international market in an exclusive first look deal over two years.

News: Entries Open For Amused Moose New Comic Award

Entries have now opened for the Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award.  This annual talent search has discovered stars of the future such as previous winners Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall and Rob Beckett (pictured), with finalists including Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Jimmy Carr, Katherine Ryan, Kevin Bridges and Greg Davies.

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News: Rachel Parris Goes Back On Tour In 2020

BAFTA Nominated comedian and star of BBC Two’s The Mash Report, Rachel Parris will tour the UK in Spring 2020, with a brand-new show about big life changes, titled All Change Please. The tour includes three warm up dates at London’s Soho Theatre before officially starting in Brighton on 24th April 2020 and concluding in Leeds at the City Varieties on 27th June 2020.

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News: Streaming Service NextUp Announces December Releases From Becky Brunning, Njambi McGrath, Sam Rhodes and Bec Hill

Subscription video-on-demand platform specialising exclusively in stand-up comedy specials NextUp has announced specials from Becky Brunning, Njambi McGrath, Sam Rhodes and Bec Hill in December. 

Funny Women finalist and Broadchurch Actor Becky Brunning delights with Bloom. A tale of two halves, the show focuses on her relationship with her parents as a child, and her future as she considers starting a family with her wife. 

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News: Clive James Dies

Clive James has died. He was 80.

The Australia-born writer/broadcast had been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010, but had continued to work right up to his death. 

James was a highly respected writer and critic, who moved to the UK in 1961 and found fame first as a TV columnist and then as a TV presenter, most famously fronting clip shows showing programmes from around the world including the Japanese game show Endurance. 

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