© BBC Sat 09 February 2019
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Ken Dodd left £27.5million
...and the taxman didn't see a penny
09/02/2019 … Sir Ken Dodd left his long-term partner £27.
Fri 08 February 2019
Slapstick Festival: We haven't come a cropper
Bristol event cancels its 2020 gala, but nothing more
08/02/2019 … Bristol’s Slapstick Festival of vintage comedy has reassured fans that it is going strong, despite cancelling its gala for next year.
Trump claims credit for more women in Congress
08/02/2019 … Tweets of the weekTrump taking credit for there being more women in Congress is like the Fyre Fest guy saying "You're welcome for the documentaries!!"…
© Matthew Hall How do you write a comedy show in the midst of a tragedy?
Garrett Millerick reflects on how he managed it
08/02/2019 … I was asked in July of last year to write an article for Chortle about my upcoming Edinburgh Fringe show Sunflower.
It's just grown men getting hurt while trying to perform simple tasks
Absurdist Sean Morley shares his comedy favourites
08/02/2019 … ‘Remorseful absurdist’ Sean Morley is bringing his show to London’s Vault Festival later this month.
E4 acquires Speechless
Minnie Driver's US comedy about a boy with cerebral palsy
08/02/2019 … Channel 4 has acquired all three seasons of the US comedy Speechless to air on E4.
© BBC/Endemol Shine Daily Mash sold for £1.2million
Satirical website that spawned The Mash Report
08/02/2019 … Satirical news website the Daily Mash, which inspired BBC Two’s The Mash Report, has been sold for £1.