David Hatch dies at 68

Comic turned BBC exec

13/06/2007 … Sir David Hatch, the comic performer turned BBC executive, died last night at the age of 68.

In with a Bang

C4 buys news US sitcom

13/06/2007 … Channel 4 has bought the rights to air new US sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

All about 'Eve'

Moffat's new sitcom

12/06/2007 … Coupling creator Steven Moffat is working on a new romantic comedy for the BBC.

For Peter's sake...

West End Sellers show planned

12/06/2007 … A play about the tragic final days of Peter Sellers’ life could be coming to the West End stage – with Robert Downey Jnr tipped to take the lead role.

12/06/2007 … THE Vicar of Dibley has been named best comedy at the Banff world television festival awards.

Joanne Lau – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

12/06/2007 … Imagine if a black comic came on munching on a watermelon and singing a calypso.

Roddy Fraser – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

12/06/2007 … A lively but indifferent act, Glaswegian Roddy Fraser banters his way through mostly pedestrian material.

Clyde West – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

12/06/2007 … Seven long years ago, in one of the earliest reviews on Chortle, we wrote this of Clyde West’s routineThe room's always full of laughter when Clyde's on stage.