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The Week Recommends Side-splitting shows to make you laugh from Amandaland to Hacks
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Your Friends and Neighbours: Jon Hamm stars in 'frothily fun' black comedy
The Week Recommends Crime caper about a hedge fund manager who resorts to burgling his 'obnoxious' neighbours after losing his job
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Arts on prescription: why doctors are prescribing museums and comedy
In The Spotlight Stressed-out patients in Switzerland are being prescribed a trip to the museum to boost their mental wellbeing
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The best comedy tours to catch in 2025
The Week Recommends From Greg Davies to Katherine Ryan, these hilarious stand-ups are not to be missed
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Hecklers at comedy gigs: no longer funny?
In The Spotlight No joke for Peter Kay as he throws 'disruptive' fans out of his show
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Amandaland: Lucy Punch dazzles in 'glorious' Motherland spin-off
The Week Recommends Joanna Lumley reprises her role as Amanda's 'exquisitely disparaging' mother
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Meet Youngmi Mayer, the renegade comedian whose frank new memoir is a blitzkrieg to the genre
The Week Recommends 'I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying' details a biracial life on the margins, with humor as salving grace
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Alma's Not Normal, season two: 'hilarious' sitcom is 'pretty much perfect'
The Week Recommends The second instalment of Sophie Willan's semi-autobiographical comedy is a 'triumph'
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Wolfs: 'comedy thriller' stumbles despite George Clooney and Brad Pitt
Talking Point While the crime caper might 'pleasingly pass a Saturday night' its star-studded duo cannot ultimately salvage it
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Colin from Accounts, season two: an 'absolute joy to watch'
The Week Recommends The second series of Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall's hit TV comedy is 'every bit as good as the first'
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'Only Murders in the Building,' series four: 'screamingly funny'
The Week Recommends Eva Longoria and Eugene Levy join star-studded cast in latest instalment of 'compelling' whodunnit
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Daddy Issues: a 'potent blend of wit and charm'
The Week Recommends Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey have 'easy chemistry' in this 'touching' tale of a pregnant woman flatsharing with her divorced dad
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Saucy!: an uproarious re-examination of the British sex comedy
The Week Recommends The two-part documentary explores the low-budget flicks that had huge popular appeal
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There's one thing AI can't do: be funny
The Explainer But will the technology's hilarity evolve? Some experts think so.
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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