Frank Skinner to host ten-hour radio show
To mark his decade at Absolute Radio
12/03/2019 … Frank Skinner is to broadcast for a ten-hour stint on Saturday to celebrate a decade on air at Absolute Radio.
2019 Archives
Tue 12 March 2019
Meet Chortle's new reviewer for 2019
Jack Boyles joins the team after hunt for working-class and BAME writers
12/03/2019 … Chortle has recruited a new working-class reviewer to work at the Edinburgh Fringe in a bid to widen the field of critical voices there.
Sarah Millican to host a female-led panel show
Second such programme for Radio 4
12/03/2019 … Sarah Millican is to host a female-led panel show for Radio 4.
Edinburgh Fringe advertising on Chortle
12/03/2019 … Advertising bookings are now being taken on Chortle for the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.
Josie Long and Nish Kumar headline Larmer Tree
Festival's comedy line-up announced
12/03/2019 … The Larmer Tree festival has announced its comedy line-up for 2019.
Kevin Hart to release his first Netflix special
12/03/2019 … Kevin Hart’s London show is to be released as his first Netflix special.
Mon 11 March 2019
Festival's U-turn after booking ZERO black female comics
'We have a blind spot' organiser admits
11/03/2019 … An American festival has been forced to change its line-up after being criticised for having no black women on the bill.
Robin Ince has a lesson (or nine) for Manchester
11/03/2019 … Robin Ince’s traditional Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People is to be staged in Greater Manchester for the first time.