Comedian behind bars over satirical video
Protest grow in support of Nepal's Pranesh Gautam
16/06/2019 … Worldwide protests are growing in support of a Nepalese comedian put behind bars for posting a satirical movie review on YouTube.
Sun 16 June 2019
Sat 15 June 2019
Comedy Store's Indian partner arrested
Businessman denies ripping off the business
15/06/2019 … An Indian businessman has been arrested on suspicion of ripping off the Comedy Store over the branch it opened Mumbai, local press has reported.
Could this podcast save the world?
Almost certainly not, but it leads our round-up of the week's comedy on demand
15/06/2019 … This week’s comedy on demand.
Fri 14 June 2019
Marc Wootton makes hidden camera show in the US
14/06/2019 … Marc Wootton is piloting an improvised hidden camera show with Sacha Baron Cohen, Chortle can reveal.
© BBC Jo Brand won't face police action over battery acid joke
Comic admits it was 'crass and ill-judged' - but not a mistake
14/06/2019 … Jo Brand will not face police action over her joke about throwing battery acid over politicians.
© Channel 4 Sharon Horgan to star in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie movie
With Richard E Grant and newcomer Max Harwood
14/06/2019 … Sharon Horgan and Richard E.
Who's doing the July Chortle sessions?
Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper and more...
14/06/2019 … Chortle can today announce the line-up for our next industry sessions at London’s Museum of Comedy.
What are you wearing?
Alice Fraser on what a comedian's choice of stage clothes says about them
14/06/2019 … If you see a lot of live comedy you’ll know that when you think of a stand-up comedian’s clothes, what comes to mind is a dude wearing, either a T-shirt…