First look at Mo Gilligan's Momentum special
19/09/2019 … Netflix has released the first clip for Mo Gilligan's first stand-up special.
Thu 19 September 2019
Cast announced for Pegg & Frost's Truth Seekers
Including Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt and Kevin Eldon
19/09/2019 … Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma and Julian Barratt have joined the cast of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s forthcoming Amazon Prime series, Truth Seekers.
© Amanda Searle Michael Palin joins Worzel Gummidge cast
Along with Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoe Wanamaker
19/09/2019 … Michael Palin, Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoë Wanamaker have been cast in Mackenzie Crook’s modern-day adaptation of Worzel Gummidge.
© BBC Ray Galton left £2.2million
19/09/2019 … It’s a long way from the rag and bone men he wrote about… Steptoe & Son writer Ray Galton left more than £2million in his will, it has…
180! Mel Giedroyc joins darts comedy
Play being developed by top West End producer
19/09/2019 … Mel Giedroyc has joined the cast of a Fringe comedy play about darts being developed by a top West End producer, Chortle can reveal The comic and former Bake…
Wed 18 September 2019
Tina Fey is crowned best comedian of the century
18/09/2019 … Tina Fey has been named the funniest comedian of the 21st century.
© UKTV Comedians Giving Lectures
18/09/2019 … It doesn’t take a right-wing newspaper columnist pining for the past to notice that comedians have increasingly adopted the mantle of activists and educators,…
Channel 4 prepares to launch 120 comedy shorts
18/09/2019 … Channel 4 is to release 120 comedy shorts from later this autumn.