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What's been happening in comedy this week? 💥

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What's been happening in comedy this week? 💥
No 703
October 30, 2015

Remember, remember the 6th of November. More eagerly awaited than a department store Christmas ad, it's your weekly round-up of all the comedy news, reviews and features of the last seven days. As always check Chortle.co.uk for more on these stories as well as listings of around 3,500 live comedy events.

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Peep Show's creators have floated the idea that the next series might not be the last we hear of Mark and Jeremy after all.

And a WTF about the show.

James Acaster is turning to crowdfunding to pay for his YouTube videos.

Dapper Laughs has claimed he's a feminist.

Graham Linehan and Adam Buxton comedy The Cloud has been picked up for a full series.

Outnumbered will return for a one-off special next year, co-creator Andy Hamilton has confirmed.

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled is to return for a fourth series.

Jim Davidson has been banned from performing at another venue after having a run-in with staff.

Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews is writing a TV sitcom about a female-dominated House of Commons.

Kayvan Novak is to present a satirical spoof news bulletin for Channel 4.

American comedy producer Calvin Wynter, a familiar face at the Edinburgh Fringe, has died at the age of 55. And sitcom writer Dick Sharples has died at the age of 88.

And Bill Bailey's stolen tour bus has been found.

 

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