Stand-up archives go online
Just For Laughs to release three vintage clips a week
18/09/2014 … Rare early appearances from stand-up giants are to be released on YouTube, thanks to the Just For Laughs festival.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 18 September 2014
Patrick Kielty pens a sitcom
BBC to unveil Big Country next week
18/09/2014 … Patrick Kielty has written a new sitcom which will be previewed at the BBC next week.
Aziz Ansari returns to UK
18/09/2014 … US stand-up Aziz Ansari is to return to London in November.
Joan Rivers biography announced
18/09/2014 … A MAJOR biography of Joan Rivers has been commissioned in the wake of her death.
Alexander Armstrong IS Danger Mouse
And Kevin Eldon will play Penfold
18/09/2014 … Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon are to voice Danger Mouse and Penfold when the children’s animation returns next year.
Jongleurs nearly ruined my honeymoon!
But comic gets paid after Chortle intervenes
18/09/2014 … Comedian John Scott has credited Chortle with helping save his honeymoon at the last minute – after we intervened in a dispute over unpaid fees from club chain…
Wed 17 September 2014
© BBC Gareth won't be in the David Brent movie
'No one's been in touch' says Mackenzie Crook
17/09/2014 … Mackenzie Crook won't be making an appearance in Ricky Gevais's new David Brent film, he has revealed.
Ben Miller: Kids' stories should be scarier
...and he pays tribute to Rik Mayall
17/09/2014 … Ben Miller has called for children’s stories to become more gruesome.