All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Bafta 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.
© Steve Ullathorne 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…
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,…
07/04/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© Two Rivers 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.
© Alex Lake New audio version starring Andrew Garfield
04/04/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan and Natasia Demetriou have been cast in a new audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.
Hecklers hurl bigoted slurs at President Obonjo
04/04/2024 … A man has been arrested after a comedian was subjected to a barrage of racial abuse on stage, causing the gig to be halted.
© Netflix Two more specials and a possible sitcom
03/04/2024 … Controversial comic Matt Rife has signed a new deal with Netflix to release two stand-up specials and develop a new sitcom.
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