© BBC This Country to launch with a free preview screening
02/01/2020 … The BBC is launching the next series of This Country with a free preview screening in the Cotswolds.
Thu 02 January 2020
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Could Rory Bremner have brought down the government?
His impersonations were THAT good...
02/01/2020 … Rory Bremner’s impersonation of John Major was so good that it could have brought down his Government, Whitehall’s top civil servant at the time feared.
A motivational speaker visits jail
02/01/2020 … A motivational speaker gives a talk to prisoners in a new sketch by Irish sketch trio Foil Arms and Hog.
The comics to watch in 2020
02/01/2020 … Who are the comedians you’ll be seeing more of in 2020? We asked a handful of business insiders – bookers, promoters and producers who witness hundreds…
Wed 01 January 2020
Tommy Tiernan: Writing stand-up is 'hellishly difficult'
Comic admits he still finds it hard
01/01/2020 … He might make it look easy, but Tommy Tiernan says he finds writing stand-up 'hellishly difficult'.
© BBC/Monkey Kingdom Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
01/01/2020 … Like a middle-class Mrs Brown’s Boys, Miranda Hart's self-titled sitcom is usually considered a love-it-or-hate-it affair.
Jack and Michael Whitehall top Netflix's stand-up chart
Beating Kevin Hart into No2 in the UK
01/01/2020 … Jack Whitehall’s Christmas With My Father was most watched Netflix live comedy special in the UK in 2019.
Tue 31 December 2019
Revealed: Chortle's biggest stories of 2019
...and they might not be what you expect
31/12/2019 … In the past year we’ve served up almost 10million pages of comedy news, opinions and listings – attracting a total of almost exactly 4million unique…