How Chortle reviewed Dave Gorman, Johnny Vegas and the Boosh in 2000
07/08/2020 … BY CHORTLE EDITOR STEVE BENNETT I've been covering the Edinburgh Fringe for 20 years for Chortle, seeing nigh on 2,500 shows in that time - not to mention…
Lottery to see every show at the venue in 2021
07/08/2020 … The Pleasance has launched a prize draw to win a pair of free tickets to every show it hosts at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
New radio series to tell the story of sitcom phenomenon
07/08/2020 … The BBC is dramatising the story of how pioneering 1950s comedy series I Love Lucy came to conquer the American airwaves.
© BBC/Open Mike Productions 07/08/2020 … BBC Two is to repackage some old Live At The Apollo routines for a new compilation series.
© BBC 06/08/2020 … The gimmick of Lee Mack’s new sitcom is that all the action happens in real time – though whether audiences would appreciate, or even notice, the restriction…
'Exploitation' claims after producers asked to be paid to consider sketch ideas
06/08/2020 … A production company has performed a U-turn following protests over its demands for comedy writers to pay a fee to have their sketches considered for a planned TV…
Based on her 2019 Edinburgh show, Accidental Coconut
06/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a four-part series from comedian Njambi McGrath.
06/08/2020 … Comics Aisling Bea, James Acaster, Robert Webb, Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown) and Gemma Whelan have joined the star-studded cast of a new audiobook of Beatrix Potter’s…
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