Shappi Khorsandi set to play the queen's mother
...drag queen Glamrou, that is
11/02/2020 … Shappi Khorsandi is being lined up to play the mother of drag queen Glamrou in a semi-autobiographical TV comedy, Chortle can reveal.
Tue 11 February 2020
Which singer did Stephen Merchant drop?
11/02/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
46 Star Trek puns
11/02/2020 … Want 46 Star Trek puns in under 100 seconds? Well, like a Singer repair technician, comedian John Robinson has made it sew.
Comics up for LGBT awards
Hannah Gadsby, Joe Lycett, Susan Calman and Suzi Ruffell all nominated
11/02/2020 … Hannah Gadsby, Joe Lycett, Susan Calman and Suzi Ruffell have been nominated in the British LGBT Awards Gadbsy has been named one of the top ten LGBT…
Jon Richardson announces new tour
The Knitwit hits the road this September
11/02/2020 … Jon Richardson has announced a major autumn tour.
Bristol gets a new comedy festival
11/02/2020 … Bristol is to get a new comedy festival.
Are these Britain's best puns?
Some of the gags from the UK Pun Championship as Adele Cliff takes the crown
11/02/2020 … Adele Cliff has been crowned the 2020 UK Pun Champion – becoming the first woman to win the award in its six-year history.
© BBC Michael had some deathbed ideas... they were absolutely mental
11/02/2020 … Daisy May Cooper chokes up with tears as she recalls Michael Sleggs, her co-star in This Country, who died last summer at the age of 33.