© HBO C4 pass on James Acaster’s People Person game show
After a disastrous pilot recording
04/03/2025 … Channel 4 won’t be airing James Acaster’s game show People Person after the pilot was deemed a disaster.
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Tue 04 March 2025
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Radio 4 comedy producer Bill Dare dies
Accident claims the life of the creator of The Now Show, Dead Ringers and more
04/03/2025 … Comedy producer Bill Dare – the creator of Radio 4’s Now Show and Dead Ringers – has died in a car accident abroad at the age of 64.
Mon 03 March 2025
Jordan Gray unveils her new show
Follow-up to the blockbuster Is It A Bird?
03/03/2025 … Jordan Gray has announced her follow up to her breakthrough show, Is It A Bird?, after it aired on Channel 4 on Friday.
Sun 02 March 2025
Russell Brand sued over sexual abuse allegations
02/03/2025 … Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations, in the first known case brought against him.
Daniel Kitson to host a month of Resonance FM fundraisers
02/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,691 events Chortle currently has listed.
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV is back
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
02/03/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday March 3 RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: Harriet Kemsley and Sara Pascoe…
Sat 01 March 2025
Friends rally around comedian John Mann
Thousands raised to help comic suffering respiratory illness
01/03/2025 … Friends of comedian John Mann have rallied to raise funds after a respiratory illness has left him unable to work.
© ITV / Ranga Bee Second series for Romesh Ranganathan's Parents Evening
Game show he presents with his mum Shanthi
01/03/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is to front a second series of Parents' Evening for ITV.