All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Producer extraordinaire Beryl Vertue dies at 90
13/02/2022 … Beryl Vertue – who started her career as a secretary to Spike Milligan and Galton and Simpson and went on to produce comedies such as Men Behaving…
© Amazon Studios The week's best comedy on TV and radio
13/02/2022 … Here's our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week: Monday February 14 ALI WONG: DON WONG: Released for Valentine's…
13/02/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,903 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC Stand-up and farmer hosts woodworking challenge show Loggerheads
12/02/2022 … Comedian and farmer Jim Smith has landed his first TV presenting gig.
Tributes after stand-up comedy director Paul Byrne dies at 44
12/02/2022 … Tributes have been paid to live comedy director Paul Byrne, who has died at the age of 44.
Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett announce 2023 dates
11/02/2022 … Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett are to perform their hit podcast Parenting Hell in arenas next year.
11/02/2022 … Ken Dodd’s life could be made into a West End show.
© Helen Maybanks West End comedy makes its money back
11/02/2022 … Such announcements are not usually made in the West End – but the producer of The Shark Is Broken has released a statement proudly proclaiming that the show…
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