Wed 08 April 2015
Bob Mortimer the new face of Bombadier beer
08/04/2015 … Bob Mortimer is to star in a new advertising campaign for Bombardier beer, taking over from Rik Mayall.
Juan Vesuvius in Calypso Nights
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
08/04/2015 … It’s fiesta time! Wander into Calypso Nights and you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into a roadshow by a genuine Venezuelan local radio DJ as he…
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
08/04/2015 … Although it's not advertised – nor priced – as such, this is, I'm quietly told as I take my seat, a work in progress from Trygve Wakenshaw, creator of one of…
And the Chortle student people's choice is....
Wildcard semi-finalists also named
08/04/2015 … Lauren Pattison has been voted the People's Choice finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards.
Bafta 2015 nominees out
Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes among them...
08/04/2015 … Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes are among the comedy stars nominated for Bafta awards today.
Clarkson WILL host Have I Got News For You
BBC give axed presenter the go-ahead
08/04/2015 … Jeremy Clarkson is to host Have I Got News For You, despite the BBC axing him from Top Gear for attacking his producer.
Freedom of speech? It's not for everyone...
Alan Varley is outraged by an outrageous outbreak of outrage
08/04/2015 … Last week Chortle published a Correspondents article by the comedian, MC and promoter Alfie Noakes who had noticed 'a worrying change in the audiences' at his gigs…