Dave Allen's life to become BBC film
With Games of Thrones star Aidan Gillen
19/09/2017 … The BBC is shooting a Dave Allen biopic starring Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillen, Chortle can reveal.
2017 Archives
Tue 19 September 2017
I'll be there for you
Friends fan pops the question on the sitcom's set
19/09/2017 … Where could be a more romantic place to get engaged than on a replica of the set from Friends? Certainly nowhere else for Adam Fishlock, who proposed…
French and Saunders plan a new TV special
First new sketches in a decade
19/09/2017 … French and Saunders are to record their first TV material as a double act in ten years.
© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Emmys snub for Dick Gregory
Pioneer not honoured in 'in memoriam' section
19/09/2017 … He was a pioneering comedian and leading light of the civil rights movements.
Mon 18 September 2017
Harry & Chris tour song
Comedy duo sing their schedule
18/09/2017 … Rap-jazz-comedy duo Harry & Chris have released a song for their autumn tour, name-checking all the places they are playing.
Jonny Pelham: An Hour on NextUp
On-demand review by Jay Richardson
18/09/2017 … Jonny Pelham begins by describing himself as 'quite a weird man', effectively conflating his body quirks with his personality.
30 Christmases are coming
London transfer for Jonny Donohoe show
18/09/2017 … Thirty Christmases, the festive comedy show written by Jonny & The Baptists frontman Jonny Donahoe, is to receive its London premiere.
First look at Good Omens
With Michael Sheen and David Tennant
18/09/2017 … Here is the first picture of Michael Sheen and David Tennant in the comedy fantasy series Good Omens.