Spinal Tap stars set up licensing company
After the conclusion of their bitter legal fight
29/12/2020 … Spinal Tap's stars have set up a new company to manage the licensing of the film and all rights related to it.
Tue 29 December 2020
© ITV Which comedian was the Hedgehog in the Masked Singer?
Test your knowledge of the comedy news of 2020...
29/12/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© ITV Billy Connolly: It’s Been A Pleasure
29/12/2020 … Advance press coverage of ITV’s Billy Connolly retrospective portrayed it as an emotional milestone marking the end of his career, cut short by the cruelties…
© C4/Framestore More than 200 complain over deepfake Queen
Ofcom to consider Channel 4's alternative message
29/12/2020 … More than 200 people complained about Channel 4's deepfake version of the Queen’s speech.
© BBC/Thomas Atilla Lewis Frankie vs Ricky
Boyle accused of hypocrisy after calling out Gervais over trans jokes
29/12/2020 … Frankie Boyle has slammed Ricky Gervais over his jokes about trans people.
Mon 28 December 2020
Let's show we don't all subscribe to the worst racist rhetoric of Brexit
Stewart Lee on his campaign to get to No 1 with Asian Dub Foundation
28/12/2020 … Move over Miley Cyrus and tell Ed Sheeran the news.
Martin Lambie-Nairn, the man who dreamt up Spitting Image, dies at 75
Designer also created C4's logo and more
28/12/2020 … The designer who first came up with the idea for Spitting Image has died at the age of 75.
Taskmaster, Nish Kumar and Emily Atack
Chortle's most-read stories of 2020...
28/12/2020 … It goes without saying that 2020 has been an odd year for comedy… and everything else on the planet.