Harry Hill: I wanted to revive Crackerjack
12/01/2023 … Harry Hill said he tried to revive kids’ TV show Crackerjack – but was knocked back by broadcast bosses.
2023 Archives
Thu 12 January 2023
Who won at the North West Comedy Awards 2023?
Hayley Ellis, Nina Gilligan, Josh Jones and more..
12/01/2023 … Hayley Ellis was a double winner at the North West Comedy Awards last night.
Wed 11 January 2023
© BBC Johnny Vegas: I have ADHD
Comic says his late diagnosis ‘answers a lot of questions'
11/01/2023 … Johnny Vegas has become the latest comedian to revealed that he has been diagnosed with ADHD.
Jamie Demetriou lands a Netflix special
A Whole Lifetime charted with songs and sketches
11/01/2023 … Jamie Demetriou is making a one-off comedy special for Netflix.
Tim Key joins Chortle Comedy Book Festival
Alongside Robin Ince, Richard Herring, Geoff Norcott and more
11/01/2023 … Tim Key has joined the line-up for the Chortle Comedy Book Festival.
Comedians come to blows...
Northern Ireland stand-ups in charity boxing bouts
11/01/2023 … Some of Northern Ireland’s top comedians are to ‘knock the bollix out of each other’ in a charity boxing event Paddy McDonnell, Micky Bartlett…
Obscure Peter Sellers movie drops on Netflix
Comic plays a gay shopkeeper in Roman Polanski's A Day At The Beach
11/01/2023 … An obscure Peter Sellers performance in a film written by Roman Polanski and lost for decades has turned up on Netflix.
Tue 10 January 2023
© BBC Comedians take part in Bridge Of Lies
Celebrity specials for Ross Kemp's game show
10/01/2023 … Susan Calman, Jon Culshaw, Shazia Mirza and John Thomson are to take part in a special comedians’ edition of BBC quiz show Bridge Of Lies.