Joel & Nish Vs The World, round two
Second series for their challenging travelogue
26/01/2018 … Joel & Nish Vs The World is returning for a second series on Comedy Central, Chortle can reveal.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 26 January 2018
Thu 25 January 2018
Sean Lock to headline Camp Bestival
Dave Johns and Andrew Maxwell also appearing
25/01/2018 … Camp Bestival has announced its comedy headliners led by Sean Lock.
Edinburgh Fringe loses funding
Creative Scotland pulls hundreds of thousands of pounds
25/01/2018 … The body that oversees the Edinburgh Fringe has been stripped of hundreds of thousands of pounds of funding.
Call me Dr Reg...
Hunter picks up an honorary degree from Lincoln
25/01/2018 … Reginald D Hunter has been made an honorary doctor by the University of Lincoln.
© BBC/Colin Hutton Kenneth Branagh and Lily Cole join Upstart Crow
As do Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer
25/01/2018 … Kenneth Branagh, Lily Cole and Young Ones stars Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer are to appear in the next series of Upstart Crow.
Radio 1 orders a raft of new comedy
25/01/2018 … Radio 1 is to put comedy back on the station after more than a decade – but in a 3am slot.
© BBC Guz Khan becomes a real road man
Comic lands role in new Sky driving thriller
25/01/2018 … Man Like Mobeen star Guz Khan has landed a role in Sky One’s new Fast-And-The-Furious-style drama.
Baby Jack...
Young Whitehall promotes Amused Moose competition
25/01/2018 … Here’s a very fresh-faced Jack Whitehall – pictured 11 years ago when he won the Amused Moose comedy award.