© BBC/Red Studios How Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's series could have had a different name
22/12/2024 … Inside No 9 could have been Inside No 5, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have revealed.
© Sky UK Review of the Sky Christmas film with Chris McCausland and Lee Mack
22/12/2024 … Chris McCausland’s runaway success on Strictly is tipped to lead to all sorts of telly offers.
And on radio and streaming, too
22/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 22 BAD TIDINGS: Strictly champ Chris McCausland stars alongside Lee Mack…
22/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,656 events Chortle currently has listed.
Colin Jost and Michael Che get each other in trouble...
22/12/2024 … It’s a Christmas tradition on Saturday Night Live that Weekend Update’s Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes for each other to read out – however…
Comic narrates a film about the late 007 actor
21/12/2024 … A screen star with a ladies man reputation who thought his greatest role was playing himself.
© BBC / BocPIX 'You can't say it lacks skill,' says Blackadder writer
21/12/2024 … He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy of our age: Mrs Brown’s…
When Bill Bailey repeated his jokes on stage
21/12/2024 … Bill Bailey has vowed never again to take painkillers before going on stage – after he unwittingly ended up repeating his material under their influence.
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