Chortle student Comedy Award 2024: Meet the final finalists
All set for the Edinburgh Fringe showdown!
16/05/2024 … The last finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
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© Hat Trick/BBC CNN to air a US version of Have I Got News For You
Long-running format sold to the States
15/05/2024 … American news network CNN is to make its own version of Have I Got News For You.
Matt Forde becomes charity ambassador at the hospital that saved him.
' I will always be grateful for the talent and compassion of everyone there'
15/05/2024 … Matt Forde has become a charity ambassador at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, after receiving life-saving care there.
© Sky Daisy May Cooper writes a book of spooky stories
15/05/2024 … Daisy May Cooper has written her second book, Hexy B*tch, based on spooky stories from her life.
Could you help catalogue comedy festival's photo archive?
15/05/2024 … The Leicester Comedy Festival is seeking volunteers to help catalogue and preserve images stored in its archive.
Sorry I Didn’t Know gets a fifth series
Jimmy Akingbola, Chizzy Akudolu and Eddie Kadi will all return
15/05/2024 … ITV has ordered a fifth season of Sorry I Didn’t Know, its panel show based on black history.
Felicity Ward announces her first tour in five years
Plus new dates for Bill Bailey, Zainab Johnson, Henry Rowley and Jacob Hawley,
15/05/2024 … Felicity Ward has announced her first UK tour in five years.
David Walliams: My new comedy show with Matt Lucas will be 'edgy'
Like Ricky Gervais or Jimmy Carr
15/05/2024 … David Walliams says the new comedy show he’s working on with Matt Lucas will be ‘edgy’, in the vein of controversial stand-ups such as Dave…