'Welsh Jesus' comedian: I've been banned on religious grounds
But church denies being involved
02/12/2024 … A comedian who goes by the name Welsh Jesus has told how he had a show cancelled on religious grounds.
2024 Archives
Mon 02 December 2024
Sun 01 December 2024
Stewart Lee – and the Man-Wulf – start their London residency
The best of the week's live comedy
01/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,258 events Chortle currently has listed.
Jack Whitehall's star-studded Christmas special
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
01/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 1 SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW: Chizzy Akudolu takes over as host of the returning…
© ITV History unearthed!
Michael Palin to talk about the rediscovered Complete and Utter History of Britain
01/12/2024 … Michael Palin is to talk about a long-lost precursor to Monty Python that was finally unearthed last year He wrote and starred in six episodes of The Complete…
© BBC Mark Steel: I had a very, very lovely outcome
Comic tells Desert Island Discs about his cancer treatment and finding his birth parents
01/12/2024 … Mark Steel tells the story of discovering his birth family on today’s Desert Island Discs, describing it as ‘like something out of Netflix’.
Sat 30 November 2024
© Guy Levy/BBC 'So close to being wonderful'
Praise and criticism for Chris McCausland on Strictly's musicals week
30/11/2024 … Chris McCausland finished in the bottom half of the Strictly leaderboad again tonight - but performed much better than frequently last-placed Pete Wicks He and Dianne…
The world told Janey Godley to stay small - she did the opposite
Ashley Storrie's eulogy as her mother is laid to rest
30/11/2024 … Janey Godley, one of the greatest comedians Scotland has ever produced was laid to rest this morning at an uplifting and spiritual ceremony at St Mary's…
Fri 29 November 2024
© Matt Crockett A Christmas Carol(ish)
Review of Nick Mohammed’s alter-ego Mr Swallow taking on the Dickens classic
29/11/2024 … Nick Mohammed’s character Mr Swallow embodies some of the same contradictions as Tommy Cooper.