© Avalon/Netflix Russell Howard to headline Latitude
First acts announced for 2022 festival
01/03/2022 … Russell Howard is to headline the Comedy Arena at this year’s Latitude festival.
Tue 01 March 2022
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© BBC Like Midnight Run, but in the 17th Century, and with witches, and on horses...
Tim Key talks about his new BBC comedy, The Witchfinder
01/03/2022 … In the BBC’s new comedy The Witchfinder, Tim Key plays the title character, Gideon Bannister transporting suspected witch Thomasine (Daisy May Cooper) …
© BBC Tim Key’s a very odd man... but he’s very funny
Daisy May Cooper on her new comedy, The Witchfinder – and her co-stars
01/03/2022 … In the BBC’s new comedy The Witchfinder, Daisy May Cooper plays Thomasine Gooch, a suspected witch being transported across the country by Gideon Bannister…
Mon 28 February 2022
Trailer for The Baby
Sky's forthcoming horror-comedy with Michelle De Swarte
28/02/2022 … Here is the first-look at Sky’s forthcoming comedy-horror series The Baby - described as a ‘darkly funny, raw examination of motherhood, from the perspective…
Student Comedy Award 2022 semi-finals announced
See the best up-and-coming comedians
28/02/2022 … Chortle today announces the five semi-finals in our annual student comedy award.
© Matt Nicholson Brighton comedy club donates its profits to Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy 'is having the toughest gig imaginable'
28/02/2022 … Profits from Brighton’s newest comedy club are to be donated to humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
David Byrne immortalises Daniel Kitson in song
...thanks to a new track from Australian pop singer Montaigne
28/02/2022 … David Byrne has namechecked Daniel Kitson in a new song.
James Acaster stars in new music video
28/02/2022 … James Acaster stars in a new music video from Pictish Trail, released today The video for It Came Back starts with a Zoom-style interview in which the Scottish…