Bridget does the double at the Chortles
26/03/2014 … Bridget Christie was a double award-winner at the Chortle Awards tonight.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 26 March 2014
Omid Djalili to write memoirs
26/03/2014 … Omid Djalili is to release an autobiography this autumn.
Sitcom criticised over trans character
RTE's Nuala 'played for cheap laughs'
26/03/2014 … RTÉ has been criticised over its depiction of a transgendered character in new sitcom The Centre.
Nick Frost to star in US sitcom
Headline role as a drunk lawyer
26/03/2014 … Nick Frost is set to star in his first American sitcom.
Tue 25 March 2014
© Burning Bright / BBC America Brit comics could become American comedy royalty
US series for Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart
25/03/2014 … Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart could be set for American stardom after landing lead roles in a new US comedy series, Chortle can reveal.
One night, three languages
Eddie Izzard's latest linguistic challenge
25/03/2014 … Eddie Izzard is to perform his stand-up show in three languages in one night.
BBC Two drops Hebburn
'It's been an honour,' says creator Cook
25/03/2014 … BBC Two has decided to drop the sitcom Hebburn after two series.
Tragic teen 'haunted' by comedian's face
New evidence as pressure grows to name Mr X
25/03/2014 … The inquest into the teenager who took his own life after a relationship with an comedian has heard how he was haunted by the older man’s face on TV and in the…