How clubs will emerge from lockdown... in their bosses' own words
30/04/2020 … Chortle asked the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest purpose-built comedy venues for their thoughts on when and how they might reopen after lockdown.
Union Jack radio showcases the stars who can't compete...
30/04/2020 … Comedians Justin Moorhouse, Patrick Monahan, Zoe Lyons, Paul Sinha and Athena Kugblenu are to host a new sports series and podcast for Union Jack radio.
© Steve Ullathorne 30/04/2020 … Comedians Nish Kumar, Sue Perkins, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe are to play an online game of Dungeons & Dragons for charity.
As part of a season about the topic
30/04/2020 … A film about Tony Slattery is to be a cornerstone of a new BBC season about mental health.
Comic taking some time off his US talk show
30/04/2020 … James Corden is taking time off from his US talk show after undergoing eye surgery.
...but no new series for ITV2's ancient Roman sitcom
30/04/2020 … Plebs is to come to an end with a feature-length special.
...as his new show comes to Channel 4
29/04/2020 … Mo Gilligan is to perform a free stand-up show for NHS and key workers.
© Fernando Pereira/Nationaal Archief/CC BY-SA 3.0 My dad taught Abba to play snooker, says comic Rob Deering
29/04/2020 … It sounds like the sort of outlandish claim you might find on Would I Lie To You… But back in the 1970s, Rob Deering’s dad Barney taught Abba how…
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