Comedy director Adam Brace dies at 43
Tributes paid to 'a peerless talent in writing, developing and directing new shows'
02/05/2023 … Comedy director Adam Brace has died after a short illness at the age of 43.
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Tue 02 May 2023
© ITVX / Golden Path Productions ITV orders new comedy about working-class Liverpool teens
Gwed features new talent on screen and off
02/05/2023 … ITV has commissioned a new comedy based around working-class teenagers in Liverpool.
© David Woolfall Comedy club cancels trans row MP's appearance
The Stand staff refused to work on Edinburgh Fringe event
02/05/2023 … Edinburgh’s Stand Comedy Club has cancelled a planned appearance by SNP MP Joanna Cherry – after staff refused to work at the event.
© BBC/Angst Mock The Week returns
...As a US series, backed by Trevor Noah
02/05/2023 … Mock The Week is coming back – but in the US.
Mon 01 May 2023
© BBC Maid Marian And Her Merry Men reboot still on the cards
Tony Robinson talks up kids' comedy comeback
01/05/2023 … Tony Robinson says he’s planning a reboot of his kids’ comedy Maid Marian And Her Merry Men – and not for the first time.
Sun 30 April 2023
© Channel 4 Frankie Boyle tries to bring down the Monarchy
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
30/04/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday April 30 THE WINDSORS CORONATION SPECIAL: A welcome - and of course timely - return for…
Bleak Expectations starts its West End run
30/04/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 29 April 2023
Third series for Lee Mack's 1% Club
ITV orders 16 episodes and two Christmas specials
29/04/2023 … ITV has ordered a third series of the Lee Mack fronted game show The 1% Club, before the second has finished airing.