Guest hosts for Radio 4's News Quiz
No permanent chair for the show's 100th series
14/08/2019 … Radio 4’s News Quiz is to have a guest presenter each week as it celebrates its 100th series.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 14 August 2019
Tue 13 August 2019
Alan Partridge gets Steve Coogan off a long driving ban
Comic argued that losing his licence would put the next series in jeopardy
13/08/2019 … Steve Coogan has escaped a lengthy driving ban – by saying he'd have to cancel the next Alan Partridge series if he didn’t have a licence.
Underbelly raises £41k for brain tumour charity
Sell-out benefit gig at the Edinburgh Fringe
13/08/2019 … Edinburgh’s Underbelly venue raised £41,000 for the Brain Tumour Charity with a sell-out benefit at the McEwan Hall last night.
When does Taskmaster series 9 start?
13/08/2019 … Dave had announced that the next series of Taskmaster will launch on September 4 at 9pm and run for ten weeks.
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2019 winner crowned
Erika Ehler makes it two in a row for Salford
13/08/2019 … Erika Ehler, a 21-year-old Canadian studying comedy writing and performance at Salford has won this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Edinburgh Fringe named the best experience in the UK
Festival tops Lonely Planet list
13/08/2019 … The Edinburgh Fringe has been ranked as the UK’s number one experience by Lonely Planet.
Mon 12 August 2019
BBC confirms Rose Matafeo comedy
Starstuck will also air on HBO Max in the US
12/08/2019 … The BBC has officially confirmed the new sitcom from Rose Matafeo, as first revealed by Chortle back in March.
Stand-ups front Nationwide's new ad campaign
Comedy sets to encourage people to save more
12/08/2019 … A raft of comedians have been signed up by Nationwide Building Society to front a new advertising campaign Adam Rowe, Helen Bauer, Sunil Patel, Masie Adam all…