US remake of People Just Do Nothing is axed
Amazon decides not to make the series
14/01/2020 … The American remake of People Just Do Nothing has been axed.
Tue 14 January 2020
Has Rowan's legacy Bean trashed?
Comedian's rant about shoddy – but official – cash-in YouTube videos
14/01/2020 … Rowan Atkinson has been accused of 'watering down' Mr Bean's legacy with incessant recutting and churning of old material on the character's YouTube…
© Jose Francisco Del Valle Mojica/CC BY-SA 2.0 Noel Gallagher: I was meant to be in The Fast Show
...but I ended up getting wasted instead
14/01/2020 … Noel Gallagher has revealed that he was meant to appear on The Fast Show – but was too busy getting wasted instead.
What was the last line in Kenneth Williams' diaries?
In honour of the Chortle Comedy Book Festival, try our literary-themed Tuesday Trivia Quiz
14/01/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Dapper Laughs is doing Time
(It's a new stage play in London)
14/01/2020 … Controversial comedian Dapper Laughs is becoming an actor.
A write honour...
Sandi Toksvig fronts Channel 4 literary series
14/01/2020 … Sandi Toksvig is to front an ‘empowering and uplifting’ two-part series about illiteracy.
Channel 4 buys Duncanville
New animation from Amy Poehler and Simpsons writers
14/01/2020 … Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the new US animated comedy Duncanville, co-created by Amy Poehler.
Celia Pacquola joins Dancing With The Stars
Comic to take part in Australia's version of Strictly
14/01/2020 … Comedian Celia Pacquola is to take part in the next series of Dancing With The Stars, Australia’s version of Strictly Come Dancing.