Music festivals announce their 2023 comedy line-ups
The End Of The Road, Standon Calling and 2000Trees
28/04/2023 … A number of music festivals have announced their comedy line-ups in the past 24 hours.
Fri 28 April 2023
Russell Kane releases his first single
Watch the video as comedian launches a (charity) bid for musical fame
28/04/2023 … Russell Kane has released his first ever single – a 1990s-style swing ballad inspired by his irritation at his wife Lindsey leaving her dirty laundry…
Meet the first 2023 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists
Five up-and-coming acts chosen
28/04/2023 … The first finalists for this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named following the first semi-final in London last night.
© Channel 4 / Sam Taylor Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury join Hullraisers
28/04/2023 … Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury have joined the cast of Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.
Thu 27 April 2023
© C4 'In the moment, I have no idea what I'm doing'
Hugo Chegwin on his surprise reappearance in The Curse
27/04/2023 … Hugo Chegwin made a surprise reappearance on Channel 4 comedy The Curse tonight – confounding fans who believed his character Phil had been killed in the first…
© BBC/James Stack Inside No 9: Mother's Ruin
Review of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's latest
27/04/2023 … In an interview to promote the return of Inside No 9, Reece Shearsmith teased that the new series was sometimes ‘quite gory… something that we haven’t…
'I was excited to put myself in a show I'd never ordinarily get cast for'
Gbemisola Ikumelo on new comedy-thriller Black Ops
27/04/2023 … Famalam’s Gbemisola Ikumelo stars in the new BBC One comedy thriller, Black Ops, which she co-created with Akemnji Ndifornyen.
Harry Hill: The night a man wandered on stage in his underpants
Comic recalls one of his strangest gigs
27/04/2023 … Having a reputation for off-the-wall comedy can backfire – as Harry Hill has revealed.