John Cleese in Roman Polanski's comedy The Palace
Critics pan director's last film
04/09/2023 … Here’s John Cleese in Roman Polanski much-panned new comedy The Palace.
2023 Archives
Mon 04 September 2023
Joe Lycett and his mum stage a joint art exhibition
Look what Mummy and Mummy's Mummy made
04/09/2023 … Joe Lycett is to stage an art exhibition with his mum Helen.
Sun 03 September 2023
Splorry
A short film about embarrassment
03/09/2023 … Here’s John Dredge in Splorry, a short comedy film about a man’s regret for a very awkward situation.
How Spitting Image axed sketches for fear of offending Royals
Satirists reveal tensions behind the first show
03/09/2023 … It was the satirical puppet show that had a reputation for taking no prisoners.
© Richard Austin Jethro's statue is completed
03/09/2023 … A statute of late Cornish comedian Jethro has been completed, after fans raised more than £16,000.
More comics hit the road
03/09/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,392 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Owl TV A fresh angle for Mortimer & Whitehouse
Gone Fishing returns, and the best of the rest of the week's comedy on TV and radio
03/09/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday September 3 THE REUNION: This week's episode - the 200th - brings together the…
Sat 02 September 2023
© BBC Bob Mortimer's new book to be called The Long Shoe
'About a bloke who's wife leaves him, but maybe she's been taken'
02/09/2023 … Bob Mortimer has revealed that his second novel will be a mystery, provisionally titled The Long Shoe.