© Rose d'Or UK tour for John Cleese's first stage farce
Bang Bang! is an adaptation of 1892 French play
16/10/2019 … The first stage play written by John Cleese is to embark on a UK tour.
2019 Archives
Wed 16 October 2019
© Rose d'Or 
Jonathan Ross's most embarrassing moment
As revealed on There's Something About Movies
16/10/2019 … Jonathan Ross reveals his most embarrassing moment when he appears on There's Something About Movies tomorrow night.
© Jim Moir (Vic Reeves) Comedians on canvas
Some of the art featured in an exhibition of comics' work
16/10/2019 … Earlier this week we reported how a new charity art exhibition will including the likes of Josie Long, Jack Whitehall, Lolly Adefope and Joe Lycett.
I caught Mel Smith snorting coke in Freddie Mercury's house
16/10/2019 … His comic persona was of the slightly dour, slightly dim, world-weary everyman – but away from the camera, Mel Smith could be quite different.
© BBC Still Game to get an outstanding contribution Bafta
...but a brawl mars its final stage outing
16/10/2019 … Still Game is to receive a Scottish Bafta for its outstanding contribution to broadcasting.
Tue 15 October 2019
Finding laughs in Brexit
Kieran Hodgson makes an EU-inspired comedy for C4
15/10/2019 … Kieran Hodgson has made a Brexit comedy for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
15/10/2019 … Despite a small handful of high-profile exceptions, black and Asian characters tend to be under-represented in TV comedy.
© BBC What is Gary: Tank Commander's surname?
15/10/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.