Hugh Laurie is made a CBE
...as is Fresh Fields star Julia McKenzie
29/12/2017 … Hugh Laurie has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours.
Fri 29 December 2017
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Vic and Bob's Big Night Out
29/12/2017 … It’s good to have them back – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer might be going back almost 30 years to revive the Big Night Out format that made them famous…
Len Goodman's Partners in Rhyme
29/12/2017 … Big Field take on Len Goodman in the latest instalment of their surreal web series.
The 10 most memorable comedy gigs of 2017
...according to Chortle editor Steve Bennett
29/12/2017 … Every year, I see more than 300 gigs as Chortle’s editor and chief reviewer.
It must be annoying for clocks...
29/12/2017 … Tweets of the week "Alexa, take down the Christmas decorations.
© Objective Fiction Eric, Ernie And Me
29/12/2017 … It’s not Christmas without Morecambe and Wise, but even you think you’ve seen everything the duo have done, this latest BBC Four comedy biopic offers…
Thu 28 December 2017
© Joel Dommett/Instagram 'I'm a very lucky lad'
Joel Dommett gets engaged to his model girlfriend
28/12/2017 … Joel Dommett has become engaged to his girlfriend Hannah Cooper.
Stand-up sued over women-only comedy night
Iliza Shlesinger's 'no men allowed' gig accused of discrimination
28/12/2017 … American comic Iliza Shlesinger is being sued for discrimination after a man was turned away from an all-female stand-up night.