Entries open for BBC New Comedy Awards 2024
As Babatunde Aléshé named head judge
20/05/2024 … Entries have opened for this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 20 May 2024
© BBC/Baby Cow Filming starts on new Alan Partridge series
'Possibly the first documentary to address the issue of mental wellness'
20/05/2024 … Steve Coogan has begun filming the new Alan Partridge documentary series And Did Those Feet… Shooting began last week in the South of England and, in character,…
Alex Horne to guest host Have I Got News For You
20/05/2024 … Alex Horne is to make his debut on Have I Got News For You – acting as guest host.
© Seb JJ Peters Timothy Spall to star in new crime comedy-drama
Playing a retired actor turned amateur detective in Death Valley
20/05/2024 … Timothy Spall is to star in a new BBC crime comedy-drama, set in Wales.
Sun 19 May 2024
© Channel 5 Why isn't Jim Davidson cancelled yet?
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
19/05/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday May 20 MYSTERIES OF THE PYRAMIDS WITH DARA Ó BRIAIN: The first in a…
Comedians set to storm the castle
The best of the week's live comedy
19/05/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© Jiksaw Trolls hound Rosie Jones off social media
Comic fed up of 'this centre of hate'
19/05/2024 … Rosie Jones has deleted her account on X after receiving another barrage of abuse.
Sat 18 May 2024
BBC to air animated video game store comedy
Featuring Jamie Demetriou, Emily Atack and Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning
18/05/2024 … Jamie Demetriou, Emily Atack and Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning have provided the voices for a new animated short set in a video games shop.