You'll pay for that!
Compensation demand over Brand's gag
03/07/2007 … A Welsh councilor has demanded Russell Brand pay compensation after one of his gags cast a ‘slur’ on her suburb.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 03 July 2007
BBC spends £88m on comedy
03/07/2007 … The BBC spent £88million on British comedy last year – and has vowed to spend even more in the next 12 months.
© Trish Gant She's Osho funny...
03/07/2007 … Andi Osho, an actress who has been performing stand-up for less than five months, won the Funny Women new talent competition last night.
Mon 02 July 2007
The people have spoken
Chortle's last student finalist named
02/07/2007 … Mickey Anderson has made it to the finals of Chortle’s hunt for the best student comedian in Britain, after receiving the most votes from readers.
Sun 01 July 2007
Plundering the web
Lenny Henry hosts new viral clips show
01/07/2007 … Lenny Henry is to front a BBC One series recycling all the best viral videos from the internet.
Record traffic for Chortle
And revealed: Who you search for...
01/07/2007 … Chortle last month broke though the 20,000 visits a day barrier for the first time.