All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Chortle backs new scheme for aspiring journalists
20/06/2023 … Fancy yourself as a comedy reviewer? Chortle is taking part in a new scheme to encourage aspiring arts journalists at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC Marjory Frobisher in To The Manor Born
20/06/2023 … Angela Thorne, who played Marjory Frobisher in the BBC sitcom To The Manor Born, has died aged 84.
As do Gimme Gimme Gimme and Mister Winner.
20/06/2023 … Every episode of Red Dwarf has been added to BBC iPlayer – along with Kathy Burke sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme and Spencer Jones’s Mister Winner.
See Keith Lemon, Avid Merrion and Myrtle in the flesh (or latex)
19/06/2023 … Leigh Francis has announced his first ever live tour, following ITV’s cancellation of Celebrity Juice after 14 years.
No more series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen comedy
19/06/2023 … David Tennant and Michael Sheen comedy Staged has ended after three series.
© ITV The week's best comedy on TV and radio
18/06/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Monday June 19 WONDERS OF THE WORLD I CAN'T SEE: In this new series, comedian Chris McCausland…
The best of the week's live comedy
18/06/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
But Channel 4 says it's not about money
16/06/2023 … Channel 4 has axed The Big Narstie Show – but insists the decision was not part of its cost-cutting measures.
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