Sue Perkins directs her first film
An Urban Myth about Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand
17/12/2019 … Sue Perkins is directing her first film – about a controversial lesbian kiss between Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand – Chortle can reveal.
Tue 17 December 2019
Rob Auton to launch a daily podcast
17/12/2019 … Rob Auton is to launch a daily podcast on January 1.
Mon 16 December 2019
I have an Ellie-bi!
Police want to question comic's doppelganger
16/12/2019 … Ellie Taylor has been forced to reassure fans she’s not a criminal – after police released an image of a lookalike they want to question over a purse…
Fascinating Aida
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
16/12/2019 … It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since Fascinating Aida last took their brand of close-harmony satire on the road.
© UKTV Gold to seek Britain’s greatest comedy character
16/12/2019 … The Gold channel has ordered a three-hour special to find Britain’s greatest comedy character.
Opening their art
Comedians' exhibition gets under way
16/12/2019 … Some of comedy’s famous names turned out for an exhibition of art by fellow comedians last night.
UKTV commissioner sets up a production company
To make comedy shows in Bristol
16/12/2019 … Former UKTV commissioning editor Joe McVey has set up a new production company.
Bang goes that joke...
Comedians pen new gags for crackers handed out to shoppers
16/12/2019 … London’s Angel Comedy Club is to hand out custom-made Christmas crackers to shoppers this week, in a bid to rid the world of the bad jokes they normally contain.