New comedy from Rory McGrath and Philip Pope
02/10/2023 … Rory McGrath and Philip Pope star in a new parody of TV cookery shows, released as a limited edition CD.
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Mon 02 October 2023
© ITV Long lost Monty Python precursor unearthed
Complete And Utter History Of Britain is finally actually complete
02/10/2023 … ITV has recovered long-lost episodes of a landmark missing comedy series that was a precursor to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
© BBC/Colin Hutton BBC axes Upstart Crow
Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die
02/10/2023 … It’s been almost three years since the last episode, and now David Mitchell has confirmed the BBC has dropped Upstart Crow.
Have you got a great Christmas Cracker joke?
Gold launches its annual competition
02/10/2023 … Comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition, which challenges the public to write their best festive gags inspired…
© Channel 4 Green Wing 'to return as a podcast'
Creator Victoria Pile set to revive cult hosptal comedy
02/10/2023 … Cult Channel 4 hospital comedy Green Wing is set to be revived as a podcast, creator Victoria Pile has said.
Sun 01 October 2023
Katherine Ryan: My dilemma at being asked to work with a sexual predator
Comic speaks out on Desert Island Discs
01/10/2023 … Katherine Ryan said she ‘wrestled with her conscience’ when asked to work with a ' 'dangerous comic' with a reputation for…
Lucy Beaumont starts her first tour
As do Adam Rowe and Munya Chawawa in this week's live comedy picks
01/10/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,465 events Chortle currently has listed.
Billy Connolly reveals he's had 'serious falls’ because of Parkinson's
...and the worst part about giving up comedy
01/10/2023 … Billy Connolly has had a ‘couple of serious falls’ because of his Parkinson's, his wife Pamela Stephenson has said.