BBC man who launched Dad's Army dies at 98
Paul Fox helped give the comedy its iconic title sequence
09/04/2024 … The BBC executive who oversaw the launch of Dad's Army and The Two Ronnies has died at the age of 98, the broadcaster has announced.
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Tue 09 April 2024
© Mark Paterson Holly Ludlow wins West End New Act of the Year,
Prateek Kohli second and Tasmin Sarkany third
09/04/2024 … Holly Ludlow has been named West End New Act of the Year, with Prateek Kohli second and Tasmin Sarkany third.
Mon 08 April 2024
© BBC Stars line up for BBC Comedy Festival
08/04/2024 … Armando Iannucci, Jennifer Saunders, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, and the cast of Two Doors Down are among the line-up of comedy talent taking part in this…
© BBC/Bafta Chris McCausland and Lee Mack to make a Christmas comedy film
Bafta presenting dup reunite on a script from Ghosts writers
08/04/2024 … Chris McCausland and Lee Mack are to revive the partnership that stole the show at the 2022 Baftas in a new Sky comedy film.
Sun 07 April 2024
© Steve Ullathorne Burger And A Pint go down well...
Comedy duo win Sketch Off 2024
07/04/2024 … Comedy double act Burger And A Pin – aka Ted Milligan and former Chortle Student Comedy runner-up James Trickey – have won the 2024 Sketch Off competition…
Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer begins – and Curb Your Enthusiasm ends
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
07/04/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday April 7 WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: In the last episodes of the current series,…
Rosie Holt goes out on the stump
07/04/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Thu 04 April 2024
© Two Rivers Glasgow Comedy Festival breaks records
04/04/2024 … This year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival has been hailed as the most successful yet, with more than 50,000 tickets sold.