The big Mack
16/01/2006 … Lee Mack is to star in his own BBC One sitcom.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 16 January 2006
Sun 15 January 2006
Benny no-mates
15/01/2006 … Ben Elton has been snubbed at a book signing, when only two people turned up.
Sat 14 January 2006
Steptoe goes West
London run for rag and bone revival
14/01/2006 … The stage revival of Steptoe And Son is heading for the West End stage.
Fri 13 January 2006
Dig the wig
Frankie Howerd's toupee exhumed
13/01/2006 … Frankie Howerd’s wig has been exhumed to go on show to the public.
Tue 10 January 2006
The heat is on...
Another gig in our student comic quest
10/01/2006 … Chortle has added another heat to this year’s hunt for the best student comedian in Britain.
Gutted
Fire destroys comic Martin's flat
10/01/2006 … Perrier-winner Demetri Martin’s New York apartment has been gutted by a major fire.
Write and wrong
Sitcom script winners to beunveiled
10/01/2006 … Dara O'Briain is to unveil the winners of Britain’s biggest sitcom writing competition in an eight-part BBC Three series.
Irish comic in court
McSavage on ‘casual trading' rap
10/01/2006 … Irish comedian Dave McSavage – the son of former government minister David Andrews – has been charged with illegally trading in Dublin city centre.