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Watch the first sketch from Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Watch the first sketch from Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping - Channel 4 series airs next month

Here We Go creator says Bedford representative of the whole UK (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Tom Basden says the town is an ideal setting for the BBC One comedy.

Reggie Watts is back in London (www.chortle.co.uk)

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The best of the week's live comedy

Steve Coogan says he’s morphing into alter-ego Alan Partridge (www.independent.co.uk)

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Actor has been playing the hubristic broadcaster for over three decades

Live at the marquees (www.chortle.co.uk)

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In-tents comedy... and the rest of the week's best live gigs

Mandy and Here We Go both return (www.chortle.co.uk)

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The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand

Here We Go season 3 adds Absolutely Fabulous legend to cast in first-look images of new episodes (www.radiotimes.com)

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You can also expect to see familiar faces from Sherwood, Adolescence and This Time with Alan Partridge.

Putting the 'peng' in Penguins (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Oh say can you see... American comedians n the UK (www.chortle.co.uk)

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The manic show which says: Edinburgh Fringe is nearly here (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Trevor Noah returns to the UK (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Putting the trans in transgression (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Bonneville to return as Ian Fletcher in BBC comedy (www.rte.ie)

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Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will reprise his role as Ian Fletcher in new BBC mockumentary series Twenty Twenty Six.

A good deal from Rosie Jones (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Whoop! Whoop! It's Sara's Gloop (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Not Going Out returns for series 14 (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Let's mention Minchin... (www.chortle.co.uk)

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Hostages to misfortune (www.chortle.co.uk)

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‘There’s no chance an American will laugh’: Tim Key on his very British new film and the US Office sequel (www.theguardian.com)

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The idiosyncratic comic’s sprawling CV includes poetry, Alan Partridge and a spell in a pigeon costume but his latest career destination might be his most unlikely yet – Hollywood

Keeping Rik Mayall's flame burning... (www.chortle.co.uk)

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The Power Of Parker returns (www.chortle.co.uk)

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BBC commissions new Mackenzie Crook comedy Small Prophets (w/t) (www.bbc.co.uk)

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New six-part series is filmed and set in and around Manchester

Gavin & Stacey's Rob Brydon lands new BBC sitcom Bill's Included (www.radiotimes.com)

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The series is penned by comedy duo Alexander Owen and Ben Ashenden.

Diane Morgan sitcom Ann Droid coming to BBC One (www.comedy.co.uk)

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Diane Morgan has co-written and will take the title role in new sitcom Ann Droid.

Written with Sarah Kendall, the comedy sees Morgan play a humanoid robot assistant to an elderly widow in what the BBC calls a "buddy comedy with a difference".

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Not Going Out officially renewed and will return with episode 101 – including another time jump (www.radiotimes.com)

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There's plenty more Not Going Out coming to our screens.