The decades throw a party
31/12/2020 … As end-of-year parties are off the agenda, Irish sketch trio Foil Arms and Hog imagine a house party attended by the last few decades.
Thu 31 December 2020
Doing comedy off the circuit...
How stand-up Mark Simmons battled on through a power cut
31/12/2020 … One motto of 2020 has to be ‘the show must go on…’ And when comic Mark Simmons performed a streaming gig last night, he had several…
© Carla Speight The year when no gig was normal...
Chortle editor Steve Bennett compiles his most memorable shows of 2020
31/12/2020 … You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone… Joni Mitchell sure got that right.
Off The Air: Progress
31/12/2020 … Comedians Jordan Brooks, Sam Campbell, Demi Lardner and Tom Walker are among those contributing to an anthology of absurd clips for Adult Swim.
Wed 30 December 2020
© Big Talk Productions Comedy stars receive New Year honours
Lesley Manville, Toby Jones, Nina Wadia and Sheila Hancock
30/12/2020 … Several sitcom stars have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours tonight.
Maisie Adam joins ITV2's The Cabin
Comic 'over the moon' to be providing the voiceovers
30/12/2020 … Stand-up Maisie Adam is to provide the voiceover for ITV’s new dating show, The Cabin.
© BBC Pandemonium
30/12/2020 … As what’s hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime disruptor, the coronavirus pandemic is an unusual hook for a sitcom’s pilot episode.
To those we lost in 2020
The comedy performers, writers and actors who died this year
30/12/2020 … January Derek Fowlds, Yes Minister star, 82 Terry Jones, Python.