New entertainment chief for BBC Studios
Suzy Lamb joins from Thames TV
06/10/2017 … BBC Studios has appointed a new head of entertainment and music.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 06 October 2017
Revealed: The cast of Eric, Ernie & Me
Biopic of Morecambe and Wise writer Eddie Baben
06/10/2017 … BBC Four has announced the cast for its one-off film about Morecambe and Wise’s writer Eddie Braben.
Thu 05 October 2017
Bath's Komedia goes community-owned
Venue wants locals to invest in its future
05/10/2017 … The Komedia comedy club in Bath is planning to go into community ownership, Chortle can reveal.
Fishing for funnies
BBC angling show for Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer
05/10/2017 … Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer are to front a new BBC Two series in which they go fishing together.
Romesh Ranganathan holidays in hell
Comic to front tough new travelogue for BBC Two
05/10/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan is to front a new travelogue series for BBC Two.
Shappi: I was groped at charity gig
Comedian calls out creep after hosting show
05/10/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi has complained that she was groped by a charity worker as she hosted an awards gig last night.
© Andy Hollingworth Can Romesh Ranganathan crack America?
TV series will track his progress
05/10/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan has left the UK to crack America – with his efforts being recorded for a TV show, Chortle can reveal.
Tony Slattery returns to London improv
Residency for Whose Line? star
05/10/2017 … Tony Slattery is continuing his live comedy comeback with a series of improv gigs in London.