Interviews with the top comedians.
Ben Heal says the three-acts-and-an-MC formula has had its day
03/05/2024 … If an award laden long-format Edinburgh Fringe show is the critical high-water mark and the killing floor gong shows the lowest ebb of UK stand-up comedy –…
© Chortle Comedy legend speaks at the launch of the Fawlty Towers play
02/05/2024 … John Cleese says he has a problem with ‘the literal-minded’ responding to his comedy, as they don’t get the jokes.
© BBC/Vico Films The cast of Young Offenders on the comedy's return
30/04/2024 … After a three-year hiatus, The Young Offenders returns to BBC One next Friday, May 10, catching up with loveable rogues Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley),…
© C4 Joe Wilkinson on his new bargain travel series with Katherine Ryan
16/04/2024 … Joe & Katherine’s Bargain Holidays kicks off next week with comedians Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan seeking out the most cost-effective breaks.
© UKTV Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont on series 5 of Meet The Richardsons
02/04/2024 … Meet The Richardsons returns for a fifth series, offering a fictionalised look into the married life of comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont, who co-writes…
© BBC/CTVC Eshaan Akbar on the BBC's Pilgrimage
27/03/2024 … Comedian Eshaan Akbar, a lapsed Muslim, was one of the celebrities taking part in the next series of BBC Two’s Pilgrimage, taking a journey along a route through…
© BBC/CTVC Tom Rosenthal on doing a pilgromage for a BBC show
27/03/2024 … Comedian Tom Rosenthal, who is not religious, was one of the celebrities taking part in the next series of BBC Two’s Pilgrimage, taking a journey along a route…
The star and the creator of The Dry talk about the return of the comedy-drama
10/03/2024 … Series two of the Irish comedy-drama The Dry comes to ITVX this week.
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