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.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 July 2007
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.
Fri 29 June 2007
Births, deaths and racists
Your weekly fix of comedy trivia
29/06/2007 … Let’s start with a little exclusive: Nighty Night star Julia Davis gave birth to twin boys this week.
Coffin up for smokers
Comic's hearse protest at fag ban
29/06/2007 … Stand-up Liam Mullone is protesting at England’s new smoking ban – by converting a hearse into a mobile smoking room.
Thu 28 June 2007
Lion in wait
ITV pilot for drunk kids' entertainer
28/06/2007 … Drunken children’s entertainer Jeremy Lion is to shoot a sitcom pilot for ITV1.
© C4 Dry wit
New sitcom about a recovering alcoholic
28/06/2007 … Green Wing’s Stephen Mangan is to star in new BBC Two sitcom about a recovering alcoholic.
© Wolf Trap Full tragedy of Jeni's suicide revealed
Comic had a history of depression
28/06/2007 … The coroner’s report into the suicide of American comedian Richard Jeni has revealed a tragic history of depression.