The BBC will not be bringing us the third series of 24, which has been picked up by Sky1 for February, but it is making The Worst Week of My Life, a seven-part comedy about the week before a wedding.

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Stephen Colbert shut down his late-night comedy show this week for his ailing 91-year-old mother, sources close to the show said yesterday.

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Mr. Madrigal also performed comedy tenaciously, doing up to 10 shows a week at clubs like the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory.

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