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PM SHOWS Louis Katz’s comedy deftly combines the highbrow and the lowbrow, creating a truly unique style that has been described as ...

While most stand-up comedians aspiring to be edgy these days focus their specials on the same ten supposedly untouchable topics, Doug Stanhope is genuinely transgressive. In Discount Meat ...

Middlesbrough-based comedy series Smoggie Queens scooped a ... Brenda Blethyn, who has played Vera Stanhope on ITV for 14 years, and Ann Cleeves, who created the character, were presented with ...

Newcastle City Council says that Arthur's Hill has become 'extensively' used by motorists who can currently park there for ...

Brenda Blethyn, who has played Vera Stanhope on ITV for 14 years ... and the BBC’s Smoggie Queens which won the Comedy award for Hat Trick Productions. The writer and star of the Teesside ...

For book lovers, the Bath Literature Festival has long been a highlight of the cultural calendar. This year, as it marks its ...

Teesside-based comedy series Smoggie Queens took home the ... Blethyn, who has played Vera Stanhope for 14 years, also won the Drama Performance award. Elsewhere, Sunderland-based documentary ...

Brenda Blethyn, who has played Vera Stanhope on ITV for 14 years and Ann ... David Leon and Riley Jones, comedy stars Danny Adams and Mick Potts, Dragon’s Den and The Big Idea Works star Sara ...