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I'm Bruce Dessau and I run the comedy news/reviews website beyondthejoke.co.uk

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Interview: Mike Bubbins And Sian Gibson Talk About The New Series Of Mammoth Mammoth is back. The hit comedy about PE teacher Tony Mammoth, thought to have perished in an avalanche during a school trip in 1979 and getting a second chance at life, returns to BBC Two and iPlayer...

"I get spotted a lot. My moustache is very distinctive. It’s like having a flashing beacon under my nose."

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23.11.2025 14:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The British Comedian Behind The Wrexham Football Club Hollywood Takeover In recent months there has been a lot of enjoyable press coverage about Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney taking over at Wrexham FC. What has been less reported, however, is the part pl...

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23.11.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Humphrey Ker, David Reed, John Kearns & Margaret Cabourn-Smith To Star In New Sherlock Holmes Play Birmingham Rep has announced key casting news for the World Premiere of the play with songs, Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas.Humphrey Ker and David Reed, the co-writers of the new com...

Hence the victorian sideburns. #sundaybrunch

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23.11.2025 12:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Rosalie Minnitt's Clementine Goes On Tour Just in time for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and following a dazzling run of sell-out shows and critical acclaim across two Edinburgh Fringe runs and four Soho Theatre residencies, R...

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21.11.2025 10:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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21.11.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dylan Moran, Ardal O'Hanlon, Grace Campbell, Christopher Hall, Elf Lyons, Anuvab Pal, Shabaz Al Play Major Fundraiser Mick Perrin Worldwide proudly present an unmissable night of stand-up comedy, in aid of the international humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK).‘Comedy Sans Fr...

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20.11.2025 17:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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ITV Studios Launches The Spin Off Fronted by Russell Kane and Sian Welby ITV Studio has launched a new free-to-play quiz game app ‘The Spin Off’ offering daily cash prizes and exclusive ITV show experiences, hosted by Russell Kane and Sian Welby.It is produced by top quiz ...

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20.11.2025 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brendan O'Carroll Stars In New Comedy Shedites By Paddy Houlihan Filming has begun on BBC One’s brand new comedy special Shedites, created and written by Paddy Houlihan, set in and around the men’s shed in a village in Ireland. Made by BBC Studios Comedy and starri...

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20.11.2025 13:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sadly - whats he got against cakes?

20.11.2025 13:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I wish (particularly Super Hans)

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Peep Show Reunion For Bake Off For the first time since Peep Show wrapped in 2015, fan favourites David Mitchell, Olivia Colman, Isy Suttie, Matt King and Sophie Winkleman reunite – and this time, they’re donning festive jumpers an...

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20.11.2025 11:19 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 4
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Rosie Jones Stand-Up Show To Be Released Rosie Jones’ acclaimed show Triple Threat is to be released through 800 Pound Gorilla Media on 8th December 2025.Filmed at Brighton Theatre Royal, the hit show sees Rosie pondering whether she is a na...

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20.11.2025 09:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BBC New Comedy Awards – Results The BBC New Comedy Awards Grand Final has taken place at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre. And the winner is...Midlands comic Eli Hart.The night was hosted by Edinburgh Comedy Award 2024 winner Amy Gledhil...

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20.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First Look At Dawn French Mark Heap Sitcom Can You Keep a Secret? First look pictures have been released for Can You Keep a Secret?, the six-part sitcom starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill, and written by Simon Mayhew-Archer, the producer ...

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19.11.2025 18:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bob Mortimer Dishes the Dirt On Dinner Parties & The Greatest Pie This week's guest on the foodie podcast, Dish from Waitrose, hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE, is comedian, writer and TV star Bob Mortimer, Bob talks about National Express coaches, ke...

no pocket meat? beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1686...

19.11.2025 18:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rob & Romesh Vs Returns And The Duo Take On Bollywood, Hip Hop, Shakespeare And The Sumatran Jungle BAFTA-award winning Sky Original series Rob & Romesh Vs will return on 9 December to Sky and streaming service NOW. Watch Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan take on unexpected new challenges across th...

Sometime I feel i should rename the comedy news section the Daily Romesh. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1686...

19.11.2025 17:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Garry Starr Adds New West Run And Attempts World Record for Onstage Nudity Following a sell-out extended run at the Arts Theatre, the critically acclaimed hit show Garry Starr: Classic Penguins is diving onto a bigger stage, transferring to the Garrick Theatre, seating over ...

Starr in Nude Penguins Shock!

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19.11.2025 17:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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An Evening With The Fast Show: a glorious, waist-deep nostalgia wallow All the greats popped up during this lengthy gig celebrating 31 years since the show first aired

Great fun last night - although there was a bloke under forty in front of me who didn't seem to have a clue what was going on. www.standard.co.uk/culture/come...

19.11.2025 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Star Guests Announced For Death In Paradise And Beyond Paradise Christmas Specials Get ready to spend Christmas in Paradise as the BBC announces the guest casts for the Beyond Paradise and Death in Paradise Christmas specials, airing on BBC iPlayer and BBC One this festive period. B...

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18.11.2025 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finlay Christie Makes Have I Got News For You Debut Alongside Zack Polanski And Hannah Fry Mathematician, author and presenter Professor Hannah Fry will guest present episode nine of the new 70th series of Have I Got News For You, her ninth time on the programme, and 4fourth time in the hos...

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18.11.2025 15:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Austentatious Marks 250 Years of Jane Austen With Guest Improvisers Austentatious, the award-winning improvised Jane Austen novel - which is now in its 14th year onstage – will mark 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth this December, with appearances from three special...

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18.11.2025 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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West End New Act of the Year Finalists Announced The finalists have been announced for the West End New (old) Act of the Year 2025. And they are as follows: Dipak PatelDonna WilliamsElaine MilesFred Bell Melike SabakMiranda Brennan Nick MoreyNigel W...

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18.11.2025 15:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Interview: White Lotus Star Aimee Lou Wood Talks About New Series Of Daddy Issues The new series of Daddy Issues sees Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) coming to terms with life as a mum while Malcolm (David Morrissey) is just thrilled to be a grandad. But wherever Malcolm is, Derek (David Fy...

Gushy but nice interview with Aimee Lou Wood. Very different show to White Lotus though. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1685...

17.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BBC Commissions David Nicholls Adaptation of The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – Writers Also Include Caitlin Moran, Caroline Moran and Jack Rooke The BBC has commissioned The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ from Big Talk Studios (Ludwig, The Outlaws) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Based on Sue Townsend’s best-selling book of the same name, t...

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17.11.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Myq Kaplan's Comedy Special Rini Gets A Release Myq Kaplan's latest show Rini, is to be released by Blonde Medicine on November 19, Rini will be available as a full length video special on YouTube. The audio album will be available everywhere comed...

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17.11.2025 14:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Tour For Jordan Gray Acclaimed multi-award winning musical comedian and star & creator of ITV’s Transaction Jordan Gray is set to take her second show on tour in 2026, following runs in London and Edinburgh praised by cri...

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17.11.2025 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alan Carr's Picture Slam Returns Hot on the heels of his – spoiler alert – Celebrity Traitors win, Alan Carr returns to front a new series of Picture Slam.The addictive, shout-at-the-telly quiz show – where a picture’s worth a thousa...

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17.11.2025 14:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Festive Podcast for Katherine Ryan and Husband Bobby and Daughter Violet With Christmas just around the corner, Katherine Ryan has announced her brand new Audible Original podcast: Katherine Ryan’s Christmas Intervention.

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17.11.2025 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Comedy At The Castle Comes To Three Venues this Summer With Stars Including Chris McCausland, Joanne McNally and Paul Smith Outdoor comedy event Comedy at the Castle has revealed an all-star line-up, including Chris McCausland, Joanne McNally and Paul Smith, for a bumper fourth edition in 2026, along with a third castle ve...

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17.11.2025 13:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Connor Burns Wins Forth Award Comedian Connor Burns has won an award for local heroes celebrating the best of Edinbiurgh and the East of Scotland. Other winners of the Forth Award this year, chosen by radio listeners, include Amy ...

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