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• ‘Lost’ episodes of At Last the 1948 Show rediscovered

  23 Oct 2014: BFI announces two almost complete episodes of TV programme featuring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor found in archive of David Frost

• Leslie Jones: brash, outrageous and great for SNL

  21 Oct 2014: For the first time in its 40-year-history, the Saturday Night Live cast includes two black women

• Ade Edmondson: ‘I never laughed as hard as I did with Rik’

  19 Oct 2014: Ahead of a West End run, Ade Edmondson reflects on his life and work, and on the recent deaths of three close friends, including Young Ones co-star Rik Mayall. By Elizabeth Day

• Amy Poehler: sweet queen of comedy with a wicked streak

  19 Oct 2014: Profile: She co-hosts the Golden Globes with rare wit and is feted as the comedian’s comedian. Her mission is to get rid of the cult of cool and promote humour for everyone, as detailed in her memoir that also spills the beans on her wild years

• BBC’s Getting On creators take lead with new series Puppy Love

  17 Oct 2014: Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine turn to more upbeat subject-matter with their new comedy set in a dog training class. By Jason Deans

• Citizen Khan to switch to pre-watershed slot on BBC1

  17 Oct 2014: Family sitcom will return at earlier time, as creator Adil Ray highlights importance of mainstream scheduling for diversity on British TV. By Tara Conlan

• From the archive, 17 October 1980: Pamela Stephenson's biting wit

  17 Oct 2014: Originally published in the Guardian on 17 October 1980: The crazy world of the Not the Nine O’Clock News star and Comic Strip standup performer

• Josh Thomas's Please Like Me nominated for international Emmy

  15 Oct 2014: Australian comedian’s television show, which screens on ABC2 and Pivot in the US, is based on events from his life

• Is Marry Me a keeper?

  14 Oct 2014: Television sitcoms are going through a rom-com revival, but have been spurned by viewers. Will Marry Me be a keeper? asks Bryan Troyan

• Archer season six: Isis acronym dropped due to jihadi associations

  11 Oct 2014: Cartoon comedy will no longer feature fictional spy agency International Secret Intelligence Service … or Isis

• Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’

  11 Oct 2014: Power to the people is Russell Brand’s new manifesto. He tells Simon Hattenstone why he’s ‘ready to die for this’

• David Baddiel: ‘It’s a huge joy to do work your children like’

  11 Oct 2014: Inspired by a question from his son about Harry Potter, comedian David Baddiel has written a children’s book about a boy who can choose his own parents

• Jason Bateman: ‘My dirty secret? Playing the straight man. Because he gets to be in every scene’

  9 Oct 2014: He was a child star who went off the rails in his 20s and was saved by his role in Arrested Development. Now Jason Bateman is one of Hollywood’s top comedy actors – and incredibly nice with it, Hadley Freeman discovers

• Will Arnett: 'I'm done with super-dumb'

  9 Oct 2014: The Arrested Development star has spent a decade perfecting cocky, clueless idiots. This year, he’s made two movies that have taken $500m and are, he says, more grounded in the real world. Even if they do star Lego men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he tell John Patterson

• Dad's Army film remake - in pictures

  9 Oct 2014: Classic comedy Dad’s Army is being remade as a film with a stellar cast, bringing favourite characters back to life and introducing some exciting new ones

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