Frank Skinner: Showbiz
Tour review by Steve Bennett at G Live, Guildford
11/10/2019 … He was the face of the lad comics who dominated the 1990s, talking football on the telly and sex, in graphic detail, on stage.
Fri 11 October 2019
Shush! It's the world's first ASMR stand-up special
Jack Barry latches on to an online phenomenon
11/10/2019 … Jack Barry is to become the first comedian to release a stand-up special in the style of an ASMR video.
Painting a beaver with your tongue
11/10/2019 … The Taskmaster team get engrossed with the ins and outs of painting a beaver with your tongue in this outtake.
Matt Lucas loses £250,000 on his LA home
Sold for less than he paid for it
11/10/2019 … Matt Lucas has sold his home in the Hollywood Hills – but a a £250,000 loss.
Nobody puts the 12:47 to Gravesend in the sidings...
Katy Brand's Dirty Dancing PR stunt takes over London Bridge station
11/10/2019 … Katy Brand helped stop commuters in their tracks yesterday with a stunt to promote her new Dirty Dancing themed book I Carried A Watermelon.
Last Of The Summer Wine's Pearl dies at 80
Juliette Kaplan had been fighting cancer
11/10/2019 … Juliette Kaplan, who played Last Of The Summer Wine battleaxe Pearl Sibshaw for 25 years has died at the age of 80.
Thu 10 October 2019
Brassic goes global
Sky comedy sold to five nations
10/10/2019 … Sky One’s new comedy show Brassic has been sold to five countries around the world.
In sickness and in health
Dave Cohen on the mental health issues surrounding comedy
10/10/2019 … This article was first published on Chortle last year, but as World Mental Health Day comes around again, Dave Cohen's thoughts on the toll a career…