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Meera Syal's memoir, Vigilauntie, is out now and proving a very popular read. Get your copy in audiobook, eBook or hardback formats: comedy.co.uk/people/meera_sy…
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How Well Do You Know... Classic British Sitcoms?
A new quiz book from comedy historian Robert Ross is to be published next week. Order your copy now: comedy.co.uk/people/robert_r…
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We wish a very happy birthday to screen star Ricky Tomlinson, who was born on 26th September 1939. Right now you can enjoy all his fine work in The Royle Family with the complete 9-disc DVD box set less than £15: link.amazon/B04z6s5JG
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I'm Not The Only Murderer In My Retirement Home, the comic novel from writer and performer Fergus Craig, is out now in paperback. comedy.co.uk/people/fergus_c…
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Happy Ever After: My Final Journey With Gone Fishing, the latest - and final - memoir from Mortimer & Whitehouse's best canine pal, the late Ted, is published today. comedy.co.uk/tv/mortimer_whi…
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Expected ahead of Christmas, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is coming to UHD, Blu-ray and DVD. Date TBC.
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Daniel Foxx's latest volume of spoof stories, Fairytales For Privileged Children, is published tomorrow. Read Little Red Riding Hood Blows Her Trust Fund and more.
Info & order: comedy.co.uk/people/daniel_f…
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Happy, Thank You. More, Please., the eye-opening memoir from rising Irish stand-up star Kyla Cobbler, is out now. "This is a book about falling in love with your real self."
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Replay Stephanie Cole as Open All Hours favourite black widow with the complete collection on DVD, just £11.47 on Amazon: amazon.co.uk/dp/B000MC3QWK/r…
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A newly compiled book, Fry & Laurie: Every Funny Thing They've Ever Written, will be published on 8th October.
Find out more and order here: comedy.co.uk/shop/item/8672/…
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Shop Newsletter time!
This fortnight's edition includes some new books, plus films, telly and more. It's publishing season, so there's heaps to pick from. What'll take your fancy? cdn.comedy.co.uk/newsletters…
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An independent label is to issue music by The Goodies and Bill Oddie, some unavailable for 60+ years, after a successful crowdfunding campaign. You can still pledge and get your own copy of The Complete Goodies Recordings (And Other Oddieties).
Info: comedy.co.uk/shop/news/8850/…
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Cally Beaton has written her second book, A Woman's Guide To Mansplaining, set to be published next September.
comedy.co.uk/shop/fyi/1189/c…
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The complete first series of Ludwig, the brilliant BBC comedy drama starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, is now available to own on DVD. comedy.co.uk/tv/ludwig/shop/…
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Bob Mortimer's fourth novel will be titled Michael. It tell the story of a man given the chance of coming back from the dead, but to a teenage year he'd tried to forget.
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Viral sensation, comedian Fin Taylor's debut book, Fin Taylor - The History Of Mankind In Its Entirety (Abridged): An Unsupervised PHD, is out now. Get it in audiobook, hardback or eBook formats: comedy.co.uk/people/fin_tayl…
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Chatabix duo Joe Wilkinson and David Earl have written a new book, a guide for delivering quips in awkward social situations.
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Don't miss our #competition to #win a #PeterSellers #Bluray box set! 📦📀 The new 8-film collection contains a range of titles from 1955 to 1963, representing a brilliant body of work. Entries close on Monday night: comedy.co.uk/people/peter_se…
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Alexei Sayle's latest book, a memoir of a life on the left, How I've Tried To Change The World: By Walking Down The Middle Of The Street Shouting, is out now. Get it in hardback, eBook or audiobook now: comedy.co.uk/people/alexei_s…
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David Nobbs's sublime television incarnation of The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, starring Leonard Rossiter in the titular role, is 50 years old today. A box set of the series and its 90s sequel is available to own: comedy.co.uk/tv/fall_and_ris…
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