BBC to adapt Alexei Sayle's memoirs for TV
15/03/2019 … Alexei Sayle’s memoirs are being adapted for a BBC TV series, Chortle can reveal.
2019 Archives
Fri 15 March 2019
Brooklyn Nine-Nine was redubbed to back the Brazilian president
15/03/2019 … An episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine that aired in Brazil put words into the mouth of one of its main characters to support President Jair Bolsonaro.
The Exploding Heads showreel
What talent! (Or should that be 'what talent?')
15/03/2019 … Every good actor needs a good showreel.
Who's in series 3 of Sky's Urban Myths?
Broadcaster reveals stories from Donald Trump to Kenny Everett
15/03/2019 … Sky has announced the full-line up for the third series of its Urban Myths, fictionalising peculiar stories from culture and entertainment.
Thu 14 March 2019
Broadcasting world salutes Nicholas Parsons
Just A Minute chairman to receive an outstanding contribution award
14/03/2019 … Nicholas Parsons is to be honoured with an award for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting tomorrow.
Father Ted's Pat Laffan dies
Actor played promiscuous milkman Pat Mustard
14/03/2019 … Pat Laffan, the actor who played smooth-talking milkman Pat Mustard in Father Ted, has died at the age of 79.
We're Staying Right Here
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
14/03/2019 … We’re Staying Right Here, the new play being premiered at North London’s Park Theatre, will do little to challenge the ‘tears of a clown’…
Comedy with Resonance
12 hidden gems from the archives of the UK's most eclectic radio station
14/03/2019 … For more than 20 years, London-based community radio station Resonance FM has been broadcasting an eclectic mix of programming under its self--proclaimed remit to…