Comedy tour raises £500k for street kids
Fundraising hailed at Muslim Charity Awards
28/02/2017 … A tour of Muslim comedians has been hailed after raising more than £500,000 for charity.
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© Idil Sukan Nish Kumar pilots satirical BBC comedy
With the creators of The Daily Mash
27/02/2017 … Nish Kumar is piloting a spoof news show for BBC Two with the creators of parody website The Daily Mash.
© Andy Hollingworth Romesh joins Museum Of Curiosity
New curator on John Lloyd's R4 show
27/02/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan is to become the curator of the next series of Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity, Chortle can reveal.
Two comedies in development for Radio 4
With Joseph Morpurgo and Dominic Frisby
27/02/2017 … Joseph Morpurgo and comedian and financial guru Dominic Frisby are both piloting new shows for Radio 4.
The Nightly Show
27/02/2017 … The Nightly Show has been billed as ITV’s attempt to replicate the success of the talk shows that have long been a staple of American TV, combining interviews…
Leicester fest claims box office record
27/02/2017 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has beaten its own box-office record, selling 22 per cent more tickets than last year.