Barry Humphries joins Chickens
Alongside Bird, Thomas and Sweet
26/03/2013 … Barry Humphries is to guest star in Sky1’s wartime comedy Chickens.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 26 March 2013
US sitcom for Rhys Darby
26/03/2013 … Rhys Darby is to star in a new American sitcom called entitled Keep Calm and Karey On.
Mon 25 March 2013
And the 2013 winners are...
25/03/2013 … Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and Tony Law were all double winners at tonight’s Chortle Awards.
Sun 24 March 2013
Matt Lucas goes silent
Physical comedy show planned for the BBC
24/03/2013 … Matt Lucas is working on a silent comedy series for the BBC, provisionally titled Pompidou.
Peter Kay jumps to BBC One
And his new series will air online first
24/03/2013 … Peter Kay is to make his first sitcom for BBC One, about two supermarket workers in a car-share scheme.
A joke writ large
Comic Kurt hires a skywriter for his punchline
24/03/2013 … American comedian Kurt Braunohler has spent $4,000 on a single joke.
Fri 22 March 2013
And the People's Choice winner is...
Remaining student semi-finalists announced
22/03/2013 … The winner of the People’s Choice place in the Chortle Student Comedy Award with ALCATEL ONE TOUCH can be revealed as Kevin O’Connell.
CBBC orders topical comedy series
22/03/2013 … CBBC has ordered a new topical comedy news series.