Not late and not live... but just as raucous
08/08/2020 … Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy to watch at home during lockdown.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 08 August 2020
Fri 07 August 2020
Comedians rally to aid their colleague Simon Clayton
£9,000 raised after circuit veteran suffered a stroke
07/08/2020 … Comedians are rallying around fellow stand-up Simon Clayton after he suffered a stroke.
Greenwich Comedy Festival WILL go ahead
Big top swapped for open-air shows
07/08/2020 … This year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival will go ahead, organisers have announced, swapping the usual big top for a more Covid-safe open air spectacle.
Win a Pleasance 'golden ticket'
Lottery to see every show at the venue in 2021
07/08/2020 … The Pleasance has launched a prize draw to win a pair of free tickets to every show it hosts at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
How I Love Lucy conquered America
New radio series to tell the story of sitcom phenomenon
07/08/2020 … The BBC is dramatising the story of how pioneering 1950s comedy series I Love Lucy came to conquer the American airwaves.
© BBC/Open Mike Productions BBC to repackage Live At The Apollo routines
07/08/2020 … BBC Two is to repackage some old Live At The Apollo routines for a new compilation series.
Thu 06 August 2020
Production firm drops charges for comedy writers
'Exploitation' claims after producers asked to be paid to consider sketch ideas
06/08/2020 … A production company has performed a U-turn following protests over its demands for comedy writers to pay a fee to have their sketches considered for a planned TV…
Radio 4 series for Kenyan comic Njambi McGrath
Based on her 2019 Edinburgh show, Accidental Coconut
06/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a four-part series from comedian Njambi McGrath.