Fri 08 July 2016
© BBC/Boundless/Johann Perry Another road trip for Dara & Ed
Duo take the road to Mandalay for BBC Two
08/07/2016 … Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne are shooting a second travelogue together for BBC Two, Chortle can reveal.
The pain of prop comedy
Louise Reay wonders if she shouldn't just write some f***ing jokes...
08/07/2016 … This morning I was listening to the Seymour Mace episode of the Comedian’s Comedian Podcast while sewing a giant Monster Munch out of a flannel.
You won't believe how Netflix describes Stewart Lee's show
08/07/2016 … • 'Ricky Gervais has got balls the size of watermelons.
Joe & Caspar hit the road again
08/07/2016 … YouTubers Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee have announced a UK tour to coincide with the launch of their second DVD.
Thu 07 July 2016
James Gilbert, the man who commissioned Fawlty Towers, checks out at 93
Former BBC comedy chief also produced The Two Ronnies
07/07/2016 … Former BBC comedy chief James Gilbert – the executive who commissioned Yes Minister and Fawlty Towers – has died at the age of 93.