BBC Comedy Festival 2023: Stand-up showcase 2
Review of the second night's gig in Cardiff
28/05/2023 … Seems like the TV comedy industry don’t much like watching live comedy.
Sun 28 May 2023
© Baby Cow Productions How Alan Carr became Alan Carr
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
28/05/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday May 28 BARRY HUMPHRIES AT THE BBC: Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s…
Georgie Carroll appears on Britain’s Got Talent
Nurse turned comedian impresses the judges
28/05/2023 … Nurse turned comedian Georgie Carroll appeared on Britain’s Got Talent last night – and impressed all four judges.
Alistair Green's biggest event
28/05/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 27 May 2023
© Patrick Olner Peter Baynham: Comedy writers have to be weird, strange and sociopathic
Borat and Alan Partridge scribe at the BBC Comedy Festival
27/05/2023 … Acclaimed writer Peter Baynham lifted the lid on his illustrious career in a session at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff yesterday.
Fri 26 May 2023
BBC launches scheme for disabled comedy editors
Two candidates to get career boosts
26/05/2023 … BBC Comedy have launched a scheme to try to redress the lack of disabled people editing in scripted comedy shows.
© Hat Trick Productions Have I Got News For You on Suella Braverman's speeding
Jokes at Home Secretary's expense
26/05/2023 … Suella Braverman’s attempt to wangle herself a private speed awareness course comes under the spotlight on Have I Got News For You tonight.
© Patrick Olner Rob Brydon: My days of writing scripted comedies are behind me
Comic says he doesn't have the same hunger as his Marion & Geoff days
26/05/2023 … Rob Brydon says his days of writing scripted comedy are behind him as he no longer has the hunger to prove himself.