'Strangers have become friends...'
After our awards, we spotlight some more of the best comedy made in lockdown
29/03/2021 … We have now handed out the last of our Chortle Awards for 2021 for the Legends Of Lockdown.
Mon 29 March 2021
© BBC Filming starts on series two of Jerk
Tim Renkow’s BBC comedy is coming back
29/03/2021 … Filming has begun on the second series of Tim Renkow’s BBC comedy, Jerk.
© CBC Fancy owning Schitt’s motel?
The real-life buildings have been put up for sale
29/03/2021 … The Rosebud Motel where the titular family holed up in Schitt’s Creek has gone on the market.
John Robins launches pub podcast
...to celebrate beer gardens reopening
29/03/2021 … John Robins is launching a new podcast series celebrating his love of the Great British pub.
Chortle Awards
29/03/2021 … Awards handed out by this very website, usually in February or March, celebrating the best comedy of the previous 12 months, with the emphasis on live comedy.
Sun 28 March 2021
Simon Brodkin confirms new tour dates
Stand-up show about his audacious pranks
28/03/2021 … Simon Brodkin has confirmed rescheduled live dates this autumn.
Boomers Got The Vax
28/03/2021 … As Covid jabs are prioritised to older people, Saturday Night Live asks why that generation always seems to fall on its feet.
© BBC/Baby Cow Pls Like comes to BBC One
But it's a thin week for comedy on TV and radio
28/03/2021 … It’s another pitiful week for new comedy content on TV and radio.