C5 to pay tribute to Stanley Baxter
90-minute documentary on comedian's 93rd birthday
08/05/2019 … Channel 5 is to air a tribute to Scottish comedy legend Stanley Baxter on his 93rd birthday.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 May 2019
Craig Hill picks his favourite films
Curating a season at the Edinburgh Filmhouse
08/05/2019 … Craig Hill has picked his favourite films to be screened at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema.
The Guilty Feminist hits the Royal Albert Hall
08/05/2019 … The Guilty Feminist is to stage a live show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Comedians will lecture you
...in a new Dave series hosted by Sara Pascoe
08/05/2019 … Sara Pascoe is to host a show in which comedians deliver stand-up in the guise of a lecture, Chortle can reveal.
What We Do In The Shadows walks again
Second series for Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou's vampire comedy
08/05/2019 … Vampire comedy series What We Do In The Shadows has been renewed for a second series.
Booted out!
San Francisco’s Punch Line loses its home of 41 years
08/05/2019 … San Francisco’s oldest comedy club is to be kicked out of its home of 41 years this summer.
Andy Parsons fronts anti-loneliness campaign
...by approaching strangers in a shopping centre
08/05/2019 … Andy Parsons is fronting a new campaign encouraging people to talk more to combat loneliness.
Bridget Christie to curate The Museum of Curiosity.
Comic joins John Lloyd's Radio 4 show
08/05/2019 … Bridget Christie has been named as the next curator of Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity.