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Altitude Festival aiming high in Mayrhofen

Now in its fifth year, Altitude Festival is a little like a comedian's house party which has spun out of control. Tim Clark heads to Austria's Mayrhofen to catch up with the comedy festival which aims higher than them all

Edinburgh Fringe 2011 live coverage

Read the round up of the Edinburgh Fringe 2011 coverage from SSP, including blogs, news, features, and anything else which we happen to come across at the world's biggest arts festival...

Top quirky festivals in the UK

The Glastonbury mud is slowly drying off and the festival season is in full swing, but what about those imtimate quirky fests? SSP asks the GoFestivalGuide for the lowdown on the top places to go in 2011

Bill Bailey rocks the folk out of Sonipshere

Making sweet music at Knebworth has become a British tradition, but never has the BBC theme been given such a dramatic rendition, as Michael Loveless finds out

Latitude coverage 2011

From Dylan Moran to Alexi Sayle, Buzzcocks to Misfits here's a guide to six top things to see at the annual celebration of arts and comedy at Latitude 2011...

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 Channel 4 gives funny female writers priority 

17/05/12

Up-and-coming female talent is being prioritised by Channel 4's comedy department in an effort to balance out the male-skewed genre, Broadcast is reporting.

Roisin Conaty, who has built on her Edinburgh Fringe newcomer win in 2010 with TV panel appearances, is among the talent working on a script.

PhoneShop and Ideal's Emma ...

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16/05/12

Eddie Izzard runs to Sky 1

Eddie Izzard's attempt to run 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa has been picked up by Sky 1.

Eddie ...

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16/05/12

Cofilmic open submissions for second short film competition

Submissions for Manchester-based Cofilmic's second short film competition have opened.

The competition is accepting submissions for short comedy films, sketches and ...

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14/05/12

Tony Robinson pens comical train announcements

Tony Robinson has helped put a smile on faces of commuters between London and Birmingham by recording his own announcements. 

The ...

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11/05/12

Jim Jefferies announces 'Fully Functional' UK tour

Jim Jefferies is heading back to the UK later this year with an Edinburgh Fringe run and a 15-date tour ...

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11/05/12

Katherine Parkinson to star in Radio 4 alien comedy

IT Crowd star Katherine Parkinson is set to play the main role in new pilot sitcom for Radio 2.

Parkinson has ...

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10/05/12

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost confirm The World's End for 2013.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are set to return to their horror-comedy roots the new film The World’s ...

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