Chortle's Fast Fringe is back!
This year's comedy showcase is a digital download
20/07/2020 … Chortle’s Fast Fringe is back - as a virtual event.
2020 Archives
Mon 20 July 2020
Ricky Gervais backs comedy club fundraiser
'Not with money, just this shitty little video...'
20/07/2020 … Ricky Gervais has backed a fundraising campaign for the comedy club that gave him his first paid stand-up gig.
© Vico Films The Young Offenders, series 3
20/07/2020 … Famously, one of the mantras of the Seinfeld writers was ‘no learning’: whatever happened to their selfish characters, they would display zero emotional…
Wood you believe it?
Mel Giedroyc to host new C4 craft series
20/07/2020 … Mel Giedroyc is returning to Channel 4 with a new challenge show putting Britain's most talented woodworkers to the test.
Canada gets Intelligence
Deal to air Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer comedy
20/07/2020 … Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer's spy comedy Intelligence is to air in Canada.
Joe Wilkinson smashes it
Potato feat named Taskmaster's greatest ever moment
20/07/2020 … It was a remarkable and unexpected feat by any measure - Joe Wilkinson lobbing a spud into a golf hole from a distance on his first attempt.
Comedians are beasts!
Stars voice animals in new London Zoo ad
20/07/2020 … Comedians including Bill Bailey, Catherine Tate, Alan Carr, Tom Allen have recorded a new TV ad in aid of London Zoo.
Sun 19 July 2020
Comedy at the palace
The week's best live stand-up... yes it's back!
19/07/2020 … It's been a while since we've run this once-regular column, but with smatterings of outdoor, socially distanced comedy gigs tentatively returning to England,…