© BBC John Bishop joins Doctor Who
01/01/2021 … John Bishop is to become Doctor Who’s companion in the next series.
Fri 01 January 2021
© BBC 
Comin ‘ Over Here tops sales and download charts
But Stewart Lee/Asian Dub Foundation track only makes No 65 overall
01/01/2021 … Comin ‘ Over Here - the Asian Dub Foundation track based on a Stewart Lee stand-up routine – is officially the best-selling single of the week.
Thu 31 December 2020
© BBC BBC gets complaints over Goes Wrong Show's Nativity
‘I am a Christian and found the show totally unacceptable’
31/12/2020 … With all its pratfalls and mistakes, the Goes Wrong Show has become a staple of family-friendly comedy on the BBC.
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.
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.