Katherine Parkinson to star in new legal comedy
Defending The Guilty based on real barrister's book
30/04/2018 … Katherine Parkinson is to play a cynical lawyer in a new BBC Two comedy.
2018 Archives
Mon 30 April 2018
Alt-right spread vile libel about Michelle Wolf
...no she does NOT have a conviction for bestiality
30/04/2018 … American right-wingers have been spreading vile lies that Michelle Wolf has a conviction for bestiality.
Russell Brand pulls all his tour dates
Comic at his mother's bedside as she recovers from car crash
30/04/2018 … Russell Brand has pulled the rest of his tour to be withr his 71-year-old mother Barbara, after she was hurt in a serious car accident.
'Definitive' Charlie Chaplin biopic in the works
Family opens up archive to filmmakers
30/04/2018 … Previously unscreened Charlie Chaplin outtakes are to be included in a ‘definitive’ new movie biography of the comedy icon.
What an introduction!
Sky News man can't disguise his contempt for comedians...
30/04/2018 … Is this the worst introduction a comedian has ever had on screen? When stand-up Tom Lucy appeared on Sky News yesterday to talk about his run of gigs…
© BBC/Tiger Aspect Productions/Matt Squires BBC picks up bigamy comedy
The Other One goes to series after successful pilot
30/04/2018 … BBC Two has commissioned Holly Walsh's unconventional family sitcom The Other One for a series, Chortle can reveal.
Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona reunited
Their first new show together in 14 years
30/04/2018 … Alistair McGowan is to be reunited with Ronni Ancona for the first time since their The Big Impression show ended on BBC One 14 years ago.
There's a Womble in my bed!
First look at Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
30/04/2018 … Here's the first video from Jon Richardson's new Dave show, Ultimate Worrier.