Carry On will be back – as a panto
15 simultaneous 'big name' shows planned to revive the franchise
23/06/2024 … The Carry On franchise will be rebooted with a series of 15 pantomimes across the UK, says the company that owns the rights to the name.
2024 Archives
Sun 23 June 2024
© BBC Mark Steel is back in town
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
23/06/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday June 24 MARK STEEL’S IN TOWN: The comic returns to Radio 4 after his cancer…
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Norhtern News and the rest of the week's best live comedy
23/06/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Bowled over!
Stan Laurel's trademark hat sold for £12,800
23/06/2024 … One of Stan Laurel's trademark bowler hats has sold for £12,800 at auction.
Sat 22 June 2024
The last curtain for the Earth Exchange cabaret
...and promoter Kim Wells' clashes with the feminists running the venue
22/06/2024 … In the fourth and final part of his series about the Earth Exchange – a vegetarian cafe in North London that was a significant venue in the early…
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What Godzilla does for a living
22/06/2024 … Tweets of the week Who would have guessed that the hill the Tories chose to die on would be William Hill?#CCHQ #Corrupt #ToryWipeout2024 — Hugh Osborne…
Fri 21 June 2024
Trying to keep variety alive…. and the most stolen joke in British comedy
Part three of our series about alternative comedy at the Earth Exchange
21/06/2024 … In the third part of his series about the Earth Exchange – a vegetarian cafe in North London that was a significant venue in the early days of alternative…