EXCLUSIVE: Who's in the US remake of Friday Night Dinner
28/10/2022 … Chortle can today exclusively reveal the core cast for the US remake of Friday Night Dinner, which began shooting this week.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 28 October 2022
The John Bishop Show returns to ITV
Second series plus end-of-year special for comic's chat show
28/10/2022 … John Bishop is to return for a second series of his Saturday night topical chat show, ITV has announced.
Ramy Youssef and Joel Kim Booster announce London dates
American TV comics visit the UK
28/10/2022 … American comics Ramy Youssef and Joel Kim Booster have announced London dates this December.
Jim Jefferies to host Australian version of The 1% Club
Taking the Lee Mack role in IQ quiz
28/10/2022 … Australia is making its own version of ITV’s The 1% Club – with Jim Jefferies hosting.
Thu 27 October 2022
Streaming soon... all Jethro's stand-up specials
Under a new deal with Jim Davidson’s platform Ustreme
27/10/2022 … Jim Davidson’s streaming channel Ustreme has secured the rights to Jethro’s entire back catalogue of stand-up specials.
© BBC/Hat Trick It's not offensive to call Boris Johnson a c***, BBC watchdog rules
Complaints against Have I Got News For You rejected
27/10/2022 … The BBC watchdog has rejected complaints that the Have I Got News For You special bidding farewell to Boris Johnson was biased against him.
Leicester Comedy Festival gets new patrons
As 30th anniversary programme is launched
27/10/2022 … Leicester Comedy Festival has announced a new raft of patrons as it launches its 30th anniversary programme.
Wed 26 October 2022
Eddie Izzard takes Great Expectations to New York
Six-week run of solo version of the Dickens classic
26/10/2022 … Eddie Izzard to return to the New York stage with a solo version of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.