Rob Brydon to narrate The Highway Rat
BBC One animation for Christmas
11/10/2017 … Rob Brydon is to narrate an animated version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 11 October 2017
© Fung Wah Man Knock2Bag club goes weekly
Never mind the name, look at the line-ups...
11/10/2017 … London’s worst-named comedy club is to go weekly.
Sara Pascoe hits the West End
...as her ex John Robins announces more tour dates
11/10/2017 … Sara Pascoe is to play London’s West End.
Tue 10 October 2017
Partridge vs Tucker: The Brexit showdown
Armando Iannucci reveals EU debate
10/10/2017 … Alan Partridge and Malcolm Tucker are to debate Brexit.
Have you got a cracker for the crackers?
UKTV Gold launches its annual festive joke contest
10/10/2017 … The Gold TV channel today launches its competition to discover the best new Christmas cracker gags.
Mon 09 October 2017
Johnny Vegas and Gina Yashere join CITV animation
The Rubbish Wolrd Of Dave Spud
09/10/2017 … Johnny Vegas and Gina Yashere are to provide the voices for a new CITV animation series.
Matt Berry films Victorian crime spoof
09/10/2017 … Matt Berry is shooting a Victorian crime comedy for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.
Scary women
Sky's new batch of female-directed horror shorts
09/10/2017 … Comics Andi Osho, Jessica Knappett and Evelyn Mok are among the stars of a new batch of comedy shorts being released by Sky Arts for Halloween.