9,693 vote in the Chortle Awards
Winners announced later this month
17/03/2022 … The polls have now closed on this year’s Chortle Award, with almost 10,000 votes cast.
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Thu 17 March 2022
© ITV Joel Dommett forced to quit Comic Relief
Stand-up contracts Covid ahead of BBC telethon
17/03/2022 … Joel Dommett has had to pull out of hosting the BBC’s Red Nose Day telethon after testing positive for Covid.
© BBC Peter Bowles dies at 85
Star of To The Manor Born and so many comedies
17/03/2022 … Peter Bowles, the character actor best known for playing the roguish Richard DeVere in To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 85.
Frog and Bucket returns to Preston
Club is back, seven years after closing its venue
17/03/2022 … Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club is returning to Preston, more than seven years after closing its venue there.
© ITV ITV orders 'darkly comic horror series' Passenger
From Broadchurch star Andy Buchan
17/03/2022 … ITV has commissioned a darkly comic horror series from Broadchurch star Andy Buchan.
Don Biswas to discuss learning difficulties in Radio 4 special
Comedian to record Neurotopical next month
17/03/2022 … Comedian Don Biswas is to record a Radio 4 stand-up special about having learning difficulties.
© BBC Characters axed as Little Britain returns to iPlayer
Did cuts go too far... or not far enough?
17/03/2022 … Little Britain has returned to BBC iPlayer - but with some of the more controversial creations edited out.
New faces in BBC Studios' comedy unit
New writers and producers named
17/03/2022 … BBC Studios has appointed two new writers and two new producers to its audio comedy team.