Felix Dexter bursary to return
BBC's scheme to help aspiring BAME comedy writers
19/06/2018 … The BBC’s Felix Dexter Bursary for black, Asian and other minority ethnic writers is to return for a second year.
2018 Archives
Tue 19 June 2018
© BBC Happy 60th, Len...
BBC to mark Lenny Henry's birthday with a one-off special
19/06/2018 … BBC One is to celebrate Sir Lenny Henry’s 60th birthday with a special hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald.
BBC hopes for comedies that go wrong
Plan for a full series from West End farce group
19/06/2018 … The BBC is hoping to sign the team behind West End hit The Play That Goes Wrong to make a full series of family-friendly comedies Mischief Theatre have previously…
Who voiced Gilbert The Alien?
19/06/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Horrible Histories team return... as Ghosts
Supernatural houseshare sitcom for BBC One
19/06/2018 … The Horrible Histories team are reuniting for a BBC One sitcom, Chortle can exclusively reveal.
© C4 'It’s comforting to watch someone who’s less intelligent than you are'
Jamie Demetriou on his new Channel 4 comedy Stath Lets Flats
19/06/2018 … What’s the show’s premise? The show is based in one of those lettings agencies that are ten-a-penny, which you can pass a million times without knowing…
A long-running joke
Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering create a podcast for 100km race
19/06/2018 … Marathon-running comics Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering are creating a new podcast aimed at competitors in this year’s 100km Race To The Stones event.
Stephen Merchant joins the Gestapo
19/06/2018 … Stephen Merchant is to play a Gestapo agent in a new Second World war satire.