Rob Beckett to host an All Together Now celeb edition
One-off special before second series launches
28/06/2018 … Rob Beckett is to host a celebrity special of his singing show, All Together Now later in the year.
Thu 28 June 2018
Alex Horne insults Alice Levine
28/06/2018 … Alex Horne insults Alice Levine to – and about – her face in this outtake from last night's Taskmaster.
Far-right bullies force a street comedian off his pitch
...but The Dandyman makes triumphant return
28/06/2018 … A street performer harassed by an intimidating far-right group has defiantly returned to his pitch – with supporters coming out in their droves to show their support.
© C4 A sluggish market for Stath Lets Flats
Lukewarm audience figures, but a cautious critical welcome
28/06/2018 … Jamie Demetriou’s new Channel 4 comedy Stath Lets Flats struggled in the ratings last night.
'Frank Carson once asked me for change'
Twitter users share their mundane comedian stories
28/06/2018 … Twitter has been awash with people sharing their mundane celebrity encounters this week.
Wed 27 June 2018
Rosie Wilby longlisted for book award
Is Monogamy Dead? hailed for LGBT writing
27/06/2018 … Comedian Rosie Wilby’s debut book Is Monogamy Dead? has been longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize, which rewards the best in LGBTQ writing.
Graham Linehan: 'I have a touch of the old cancer'
Top comedy writer reveals he's to undergo chemo
27/06/2018 … Graham Linehan, the writer of Father Ted, the IT Crowd and Motherland has revealed that he has testicular cancer.
Channel 4 to pilot a Mr Swallow sitcom
With Nick Mohammed's character as a chat show host
27/06/2018 … Nick Mohammed is making a Mr Swallow sitcom pilot for Channel 4, in which his excitable alter-ego hosts his own chat show, Chortle can reveal.