Spa is just the tonic...
Comedy club expands into Midlands town
15/01/2020 … Just The Tonic comedy club is launching a new venture in Leamington Spa.
Wed 15 January 2020
© BBC/Zeppotron BBC renews The Ranganation
15/01/2020 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The Ranganation.
From Mrs Brown's Boys to the Arab-Israeli conflict
Brendan O’Carroll pilots a peacekeepers' comedy for BBC One
15/01/2020 … As the creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys, he is not known for the most subtle of comic touches.
Tue 14 January 2020
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.
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.