2017 Archives
Sun 22 January 2017
'Tommy Cooper had a sadistic streak'
Barry Cryer shares some favourite anecdotes
22/01/2017 … Tommy Cooper had a ‘sadistic streak’ which made him relish making people uncomfortable, Barry Cryer has revealed.
Micky Flanagan's agent sells up
Christian Knowles Productions bought by Jonathan Shalit's giant
22/01/2017 … Micky Flanagan’s agent Christian Knowles has sold his company to showbiz management giant ROAR Group.
Sat 21 January 2017
Meet the Cassassinator
21/01/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.
© Channel 4/Big Talk Raised By Wolves USA picked up for pilot
ABC remakes Caitlin Moran’s C4 show
21/01/2017 … The American remake of Raised By Wolves has moved a major step closer to the screen.
Did Donald Trump REALLY quote the Bee Movie?
Inauguration speech meme sets internet buzzing
21/01/2017 … Reports that Donald Trump plagiarised Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie for his inauguration speech appear to be fake news.
Ed Byrne aids stricken hillwaker
'It's not a tale of derring-do,' says comic
21/01/2017 … Ed Byrne has helped an injured hillwalker to safety during a hike in the Cairngorms.
Fri 20 January 2017
Mr Swallow makes his TV debut
...as we reveal the next batch of Sky comedy shorts
20/01/2017 … Nick Mohammed's Mr Swallow and Colin Hoult's character Anna Mann are to make their first television appearances in Sky’s next series of comedy films, Chortle can…