Doesn't this lockdown drag on?
05/09/2020 … Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy to watch at home during lockdown.
Sat 05 September 2020
President Trump and the OTHER Room Next Door
05/09/2020 … Michael Spicer’s Room Next Door adviser gets some crossed wires when he’s trying to feed lines to Donald Trump in this new video.
Fri 04 September 2020
© BBC There's no war on left-wing comedy, says new BBC boss
But Tim Davie DOES want a wider range of viewpoints on air
04/09/2020 … New BBC director-general Tim Davie has dismissed ‘nonsense’ and ‘ridiculous’ speculation that he wants to shut down left-wing comedy.
Funny Women announce their 2020 finalists
Eight comics will now perform to an audience entirely made up of judges!
04/09/2020 … The finalists in this year's Funny Women Stage Awards have been announced.
JK Rowling celebrates 20 years of Harry Potter
04/09/2020 … Tweets of the week A 'foible' is something coughed up by cats in New York.
Trump’s version of law and order
04/09/2020 … Nish Kumar discusses Donald Trump’s very fluid definition of law and order in the latest edition of his Quibi series Hello America.
Thu 03 September 2020
© Hat Trick/BBC BBC comedy's not left-wing: its audience has moved to the right
Academic Sebastian Bloomfield argues that dissent is always at the heart of comedy
03/09/2020 … The BBC’s incoming director-general, Tim Davie, is reported to be considering how to balance the broadcaster’s comedy output to showcase both sides of…
John Bishop: Jack Whitehall once paid me for a gig in laughing gas
Audience was too small to cover his £40 fee...
03/09/2020 … Jack Whitehall once paid John Bishop for a gig in laughing gas – claiming couldn’t afford the £40 fee.