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Taskmaster Champion of Champions: Who is competing and when is it on?

The series' past winners return in a bid to become Champion of Champions

Wales Online

Five-night A-list comedy festival is coming to Castlefield Bowl

Dylan Moran and James Acaster will be headlining

Manchester Evening News

Netflix SuperNature: Ricky Gervais' new comedy sparks anti-trans controversy

"It's mad to think that joking about something means you're anti-it"

Bristol Post

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James Acaster roast of Ricky Gervais' trans jokes resurfaces after Netflix special

Ricky Gervais has been met with fury over controversial graphic jokes about transgender people in his new Netflix comedy special SuperNature

Daily Mirror

Ricky Gervais was humiliated by three comedians for 'lazy' offensive trans 'jokes'

The comedian, who has found himself in hot water over his latest Netflix special, has been slammed by fellow comedians in the past for 'slagging off' the trans community

Daily Mirror

Fans laugh at James Acaster’s ‘disastrous’ appearance on Celebrity Mastermind

Comedian James Acaster put in a Celebrity Mastermind performance that was dubbed ‘disastrous’ after he chose the unexpected specialist subject of ‘the history of ice cream’.

The Independent UK

Celebrity Mastermind viewers in hysterics as James Acaster reveals bizarre subject

Four celebrities took part in the popular game show

Liverpool Echo

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Surviving a setback: books, music, films and more about dealing with disappointment

From James Acaster’s lowest ebb to encouraging words from Radiohead, our critics suggest popular culture about picking yourself up and carrying on

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Inside the life of Phoenix Jones, Seattle’s real-life superhero

In this week’s newsletter: What is it like to suit up and hand out vigilante justice as an actual caped crusader? Plus: five of the best comedy talkshow podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Derry Girls mural receives 'temporary' update ahead of third and final series

The new season of Channel 4 show is only days away

Belfast Live

Siobhan McSweeney says Derry Girls "changed everybody's lives" ahead of final series

"It was weird taking off the costume for the last time because like we know it's the last time"

Belfast Live

TV tonight: exposing the scandals that felled Robert Maxwell and his daughter Ghislaine

A new three-part documentary tells the story of the notorious family. Plus, Joe Lycett samples the delights of the Basque country. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Island review – this nautical panel show is so laugh-free it’s a wreck

Four comedians spend an hour sitting around a table, imagining they’re on a cruise ship that has run aground. How is this going to stretch to five episodes?

The Guardian - UK

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