Lucy Porter was not 'biased against Christianity'
BBC rejects listener's complaint over her Now Show appearance
19/03/2023 … Radio 4’s Now Show has been cleared of ‘bias against Christianity’ over a Lucy Porter stand-up routine.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 19 March 2023
© BBC/Studio Hamburg/ Greg Davies' The Cleaner returns for a second sweep
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
19/03/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday March 19 THE GREAT CELEBRITY BAKE OFF FOR STAND UP TO CANCER: Friends star David Schwimmer,…
Mo Gilligan tapes his Audible series
The best of the week's live comedy
19/03/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,00-plus events Chortle currently has listed.
Fri 17 March 2023
Shaparak Khorsandi writes a book about her ADHD
'It made my life a frustrating, maddening rollercoaster'
17/03/2023 … Shaparak Khorsandi has written a book about her ADHD, which was only diagnosed late in life.
Bristol Comedy Garden returns to its roots
2023 event back in city's Queen Square
17/03/2023 … The Bristol Comedy Garden is returning this year, with headliners including Jack Dee, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe, Dylan Moran and Alan Davies.
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme to return
17/03/2023 … John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme is to return to Radio 4 for a one-off special.
© Forever Edinburgh (edinburgh.org)/CC BY-SA 2.0 Edinburgh Fringe defends its plans for a new £7m 'hub'
As comedians slam 'monstrous' decision
17/03/2023 … Edinburgh Fringe chiefs have defended plans to build a £7million new headquarters at a time many artists are struggling with the financial burden of bringing…
Graham Linehan turned down £200k to take his name off the Father Ted musical
Writer could have saved the project by walking away
17/03/2023 … Graham Linehan was offered £200,000 to walk away from the Father Ted musical so it could be staged without toxic links to his gender-wars fights – but…