© BBC Alan Partridge to front an epic history of Britain
05/04/2019 … Alan Partridge's forthcoming series is a Simon Schama-style historical documentary of Britain, Chortle can reveal.
Fri 05 April 2019
© BBC 
Rhod Gilbert quits his Radio Wales show
Demands of stand-up prove too much
05/04/2019 … Rhod Gilbert is leaving BBC Radio Wales after 13 years to return to stand-up.
Roy Chubby Brown mourns his son
'A lost soul who has finally found peace'
05/04/2019 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown is in mourning after his son died at the age of 45.
Damien Power: Man Puts His Dreams In A Sock
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2019 … Damien Power’s show must have run for about 25 minutes in Adelaide, given how much of it is devoted to giving the South Australian capital a hard time.
Josh Szeps in #youtoo
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2019 … ‘More like a TED Talk,’ has become something of a running joke for comedy shows with an earnest agenda, but it’s hard to think of a more fitting…
Mark Silcox vs Burger King
From Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back
05/04/2019 … Mark Silcox puts Burger King's ‘have it your way’ slogan to the test in this clip from Joe Lycett's new Channel 4 programme.
The Fiddling Horse
First trailer for forthcoming Andy Kindler comedy
05/04/2019 … Here is the first look at Andy Kindler in the forthcoming dark independent comedy movie The Fiddling Horse.
Thu 04 April 2019
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton to share his favourite funny stories
In a new anthology book out this autumn
04/04/2019 … Paul Merton has selected 100 of his favourite funny short stories for a new anthology to be published later this year.