All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Channel 4 exec hits back at protesters
22/02/2015 … Channel 4's head of comedy has mounted a robust defence of the forthcoming comedy script set in the Irish famine – saying attempts to gag the writer are 'appalling'.
Charity gigs dominate the comedy week ahead
22/02/2015 … If you like this, you might want to follow our new ChortleNOW Twitter feed, which sends out alerts just before selected comedy shows are about to start on radio…
22/02/2015 … Russell Brand is to launch a new podcast this week.
© BBC Radio 1 Defiant Daniel O'Reilly hits back
20/02/2015 … Daniel O’Reilly has said he was ‘bullied’ out of performing as Dapper Laughs – and that his freedom of speech was ‘100 per cent’ violated by the media…
© funkypancake.com 20/02/2015 … Nigel Havers has joined the cast of BBC One sitcom pilot Stop/Start.
© Toby Hancock/Rex French detective revived for two ITV films
20/02/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is to play French detective Jules Maigret in two two-hour films for ITV.
20/02/2015 … An audio comedy written by Rik Mayall is to be broadcast for the first time on what would have been the comedian's 57th birthday.
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.