Racist hecklers abuse Romesh Ranganathan
Woman ejected from his London stand-up gig
08/01/2022 … A woman has been thrown out of a Romesh Ranganathan gig after reportedly hurling racist abuse at the comedian.
2022 Archives
Sat 08 January 2022
Fri 07 January 2022
© Hat Trick/BBC Satirical panel show for Rupert Murdoch's new TV channel
Daily comedy show to sit alongside Piers Morgan and Julia Hartley-Brewer
07/01/2022 … Rupert Murdoch’s new TV news channel is planning a daily satirical panel show to go out live.
What is Vin Diesel's diet?
07/01/2022 … Tweets of the week I’m doing vagueanuary.
Entries open for So You Think You’re Funny? 2022
Longest-running new act final bolsters its prize package, too
07/01/2022 … Entries have opened for this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? – the 34th year of comedy’s longest-running new act competition.
Dylan Moran to star in his first sitcom since Black Books
...alongside Morgana Robinson in a show he also wrote
07/01/2022 … Dylan Moran and Morgana Robinson are to star in a new BBC sitcom about a couple in a stagnant relationship.
Thu 06 January 2022
© BBC BBC orders new comedy from Grimes and McKee
NI show based in a GAA sports and social club
06/01/2022 … The BBC has ordered new comedy from Northern Irish double act Grimes and McKee.
© Channel 4 Jimmy Carr's £18,000 blunder
Comic pays up after messing up on I Literally Just Told You
06/01/2022 … Jimmy Carr had to pay £18,000 to a contestant on I Literally Just Told You weeks after recording – after making a mistake with…
Comedy's ones to watch for 2022
Promoters pick their most-tipped acts
06/01/2022 … Here is Chortle’s annual list of comedians tipped to do big things in the next 12 months - as nominated by those in the know.