News : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

02/02/2015 … Entries have opened for the Chortle student comedy award – the 11th year of the prestigious competition.

02/02/2015 … Students have forced stand-up Kate Smurthwaite to cancel a gig tonight – because she’s the wrong sort of feminist.

02/02/2015 … Veteran Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter was honoured with a lifetime achievement award last night.

02/02/2015 … The BBC has commissioned a comedy murder-mystery series in which celebrities will be bumped off each week.

02/02/2015 … A newish comedian exposed by The Sun on Sunday for being a previously convicted paedophile has been dropped by his agent.

02/02/2015 … The venue Jim Davidson stormed out of on Saturday has hit back over his complaints about the stage.

02/02/2015 … Ted Robbins’s sister has blasted The Sun for publishing a video of the comedian collapsing on stage.

02/02/2015 … This is the first picture from Britain’s first transgender sitcom, which has just started shooting in Manchester.

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