All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 Sex offender thinks he's a political prisoner
14/02/2019 … Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby has claimed he’s a political prisoner and likened himself to Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
© BBC/Baby Cow 14/02/2019 … Alan Partridge’s erstwhile Geordie friend Michael could be making a comeback, Steve Coogan has hinted.
© BBC WorldWide/Andy Seymour Launch date set for This Time...
14/02/2019 … Alan Partridge is to make his BBC comeback at 9.
...who tried to sell him tickets to his OWN show
13/02/2019 … Comic Yianni Agisilaou has turned the tables on a scam artist who tried to sell him non-existent tickets to his own show.
Eight episodes following successful pilot
13/02/2019 … Sky One has picked up Comedians Watching Football With Friends for a full series.
CBBC show accused of using 'regressive' racial stereotypes
13/02/2019 … A planned new BBC children’s sitcom about a Chinese family has been accused of peddling ‘regressive, racialised’ stereotypes even before it has…
13/02/2019 … Legendary comedy agent Norma Farnes has died at the age of 82.
© Karla Gowlett 13/02/2019 … Katy Brand is writing a book about her lifelong obsession with Dirty Dancing.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.