This pre-pandemic stand-up special has NOT aged well
19/05/2020 … Comedian Tim Williamson is releasing a Netflix stand-up special recorded before the lockdown – and his jokes have NOT aged well.
Tue 19 May 2020
Top of the pods...
Comedians up for British Podcast Awards
19/05/2020 … Richard Herring; Ed Gamble and James Acaster; Chris and Rosie Ramsey; the Kurupt FM crew; Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine; and Elis James and John Robins are among…
Ian Fletcher, the BBC's head of values, is back!
New video message from the star of W1A
19/05/2020 … Ian Fletcher, the BBC's head of values as seen on the documentary W1A, has recorded a new speech from his home executive office.
When George Formby told off his writers for being too rude
Letter goes under the hammer in major memorabilia auction
19/05/2020 … George Formby may be known for his risqué double entendres – but he once had to warn his writers about for supplying ‘too much sex’…
Mon 18 May 2020
Antisemitic... or just stupid playground insults?
Row after Stewart Lee mocks Tom Tugendhat's surname
18/05/2020 … Stewart Lee has been accused of antisemitism after mocking the surname of Tory MP Tom Tugendhat.
Told you so! Breeders gets a second series
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard comedy to return to Sky
18/05/2020 … Sky has confirmed a second series of Breeders – seven weeks after Chortle first broke the news.
Life in lockdown: the musical!
Howard Read and family create a mini-spectacular
18/05/2020 … Howard Read and his family have created a mini-musical about Groundhog Day-style life still trapped in the house.
'Appalled' Nick Hancock apologises for Luke Chadwick jokes
20 years on from the pain They Think They All Over caused to young Man Utd star
18/05/2020 … His appearance became such a running joke on They Think It’s All Over that it took a toll on his mental health.