Father Ted's shopkeeper Mary dies at 67
Tributes paid to Rynagh O'Grady
09/02/2021 … Rynagh O'Grady, who played Craggy Island shop owner Mary O'Leary on Father Ted, has died aged 67.
2021 Archives
Tue 09 February 2021
© BBC Who is Sybil often on the phone to in Fawlty Towers?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz - 200th edition!
09/02/2021 … Incredibly, this is the 200th comedy quiz that broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker has set for Chortle.
© UKTV Jimmy Carr’s giant flaming dick...
Comic confesses to schoolday prank
09/02/2021 … Jimmy Carr’s made a career out of dick jokes – and it turns out he started young.
Radio 4's touch of class
Station orders three stand-up specials with a focus on working-class upbringings
09/02/2021 … Tom Mayhew, Jacob Hawley and George Fouracres are the latest comics to land stand-up specials for Radio 4 – all making reference to their working-class…
Jenny Eclair postpones tour
Now she'll be 61 when she performs Sixty! (FFS!)
09/02/2021 … Jenny Eclair has become the latest comedian to cancel her spring tour dates, moving them to autumn at the earliest.
Mon 08 February 2021
© BBC How Andy Zaltzman has revitalised the News Quiz
The comic has brought a quirky sense of verve and fun, says Steve Bennett
08/02/2021 … Radio 4’s comedy output is, by necessity, pretty conservative – especially in the prestigious 6.
Rob Delaney joins Amazon Prime thriller The Power
08/02/2021 … Rob Delaney has been cast in the new Amazon thriller The Power.
After Life named comedy of the year
08/02/2021 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life has been named comedy of the year in the annual Comedy.