E4 picks up Marc Wootton's desert island sitcom
High & Dry shoots in the Seychelles
17/07/2017 … Marc Wootton is making an E4 sitcom set on a desert island, Chortle can reveal.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 17 July 2017
Sun 16 July 2017
Uncle comes to Dave
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
16/07/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Jasper Carrott pulls gigs for heart op
'My health comes before anything,' says comic, 72
16/07/2017 … Jasper Carrott has pulled a run of tour dates as he undergoes a heart bypass operation.
The grand old jokes of York...
The best of the week's live comedy
16/07/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.
Book deal for Reginald D Hunter
Comic is writing about his British experiences
16/07/2017 … Reginald D Hunter is writing a book about his 20 years living in the UK.
Sat 15 July 2017
Sally Phillips to curate The Museum Of Curiosity
New sidekick for John Lloyd's Radio 4 show
15/07/2017 … Sally Phillips is set to be the next curator of Radio 4’s Museum Of Curiosity.
Fri 14 July 2017
Another BBC New Comedy Award heat winner named
Aaron Simmonds males the semis
14/07/2017 … Aaron Simmonds has won tonight’s heat of this year’s BBC New Comedy Award.