Red Nose Day total rises to £35.3m
But still down on previous years
21/03/2023 … The total raised on Red Nose Day has risen to £35.
Tue 21 March 2023
How did Brass Eye prank Richard Blackwood?
21/03/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Last Vaults festival in Waterloo claims record audience
More than 80,000 people saw shows there
21/03/2023 … London’sVault Festival has marked the end of its decade-long run in the tunnels beneath Waterloo station by claiming a record-breaking year.
London's Always Be Comedy launches its own podcast
21/03/2023 … This week’s podcast news… • Chortle award-winning London comedy club Always Be Comedy has launched its own podcast in which stand-ups sit down…
Ted Lasso visits the White House
Stars Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddington attend a real press briefing
21/03/2023 … Ted Lasso cast – including Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddington visited the White House yesterday and address the press corp.
Chris McCausland's played a blinder!
Blind comic joins reality series where everyone's kept in the dark
21/03/2023 … Chris McCausland has signed up for a new Channel 4 reality show – where his blindness will prove a definite advantage.
Mon 20 March 2023
Kiri Pritchard-McLean puts climate warnings into stark English
Translating the words of a top scientific expert
20/03/2023 … Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean has a recorded a new video to help drive home the message of how serious climate change is.
Jason Dawson joins UKTV's comedy commissioning team
New signing was previously a producer at Avalon
20/03/2023 … UKTV have appointed comedy producer Jason Dawson to its commissioning team.