All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Level of outrage over 'humour offensive to Christians' revealed
08/01/2021 … The BBC received 193 complaints that the Nativity edition of the Goes Wrong Show was ‘offensive to Christians’, it has been revealed.
© Netflix EXCLUSIVE: Season three to be shot in London
07/01/2021 … Aziz Ansari's Master Of None is to return for a third series, this time shot in London, Chortle can reveal.
Co-founder of the Traverse Theatre and champion of the counter-culture
07/01/2021 … Jim Haynes, one of the founding fathers of the Edinburgh Fringe, has died in Paris at the age of 87.
Live comedy industry urges government to insure major events
07/01/2021 … Key players in the comedy industry have called on the government to insure the biggest festivals for 2021 so planning can get under way.
Friends tops poll of most rewatched Netflix shows
07/01/2021 … Friends is the TV show fans like to rewatch the most on Netflix, a new survey has found The US sitcom topped a poll compiled by BroadbandDeals.
Eric Idle's project set to shoot this year
07/01/2021 … The planned film version of Monty Python's Spamalot is back on track, with a new studio and a director now on board.
Comics dominate favourite shows
06/01/2021 … James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe and Adam Buxton have topped a poll of favourite podcasts from the website Pod Bible.
Credits include Hunderby, Birds Of A Feather and Cuckoo
06/01/2021 … Northern Irish actor James Greene, who appeared in a string of comedies over a long career, has died at the age of 89.
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