Shelley star Hewel Bennett dies at 73
Other credits include Last Of The Summer WIne
03/08/2017 … Actor Hywel Bennett, known for playing Shelley in the 1980s sitcom of the same name, has died aged 73, his agent has confirmed.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 03 August 2017
Radio 4 show for Richard Gadd
'He's one of the bravest, brightest comics out there'
03/08/2017 … Richard Gadd has landed his own Radio 4 show, Chortle can reveal.
Alan Partridge 'will be the BBC's voice of Brexit'
Steve Coogan also reveals possible Richard III film
03/08/2017 … Alan Partridge will be the ‘voice of Brexit’ when he returns to the BBC next year.
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Birmingham festival announces line-up
03/08/2017 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 line-up.
Joan Rivers' personal archives to be published
'Revelatory' book out in October
03/08/2017 … A new side of Joan Rivers is to be revealed in a new book, compiled from her previously unpublished personal archives.
© BBC Peter Cook's Establishment Club revived for TV
... thanks to Moscow-backed RT
03/08/2017 … The satirical anarchy of Peter Cook’s Establishment Club is to be revived on TV – courtesy of the Russian government.
Wed 02 August 2017
© BBC/Endemol Shine Nish Kumar to host TV awards
02/08/2017 … Nish Kumar has been announced as the host of the prestigious Edinburgh TV Awards.
Iain Stirling and Frankie Boyle sell out Fringe runs
...and we've only just started
02/08/2017 … Iain Stirling, Frankie Boyle and Sara Pascoe have sold out their Edinburgh Fringe runs before the festival kicks off.