Tue 21 January 2014
Winter Olympics show for Alan Davies
21/01/2014 … Alan Davies is to host a BBC Two entertainent show about the Winter Olympics.
Happy Days, Louis CK and 'jumping the shark'
Comedy mastermind Garry Marshall talks to Jay Richardson
21/01/2014 … With the sad news of the death of Garry Marshall yesterday, at the age of 81, we reprint this interview that Chortle conducted with him last year to coincide with…
Ugly scenes...
Storm as Joan Rivers jokes about Kim Kardashian's baby
21/01/2014 … Joan Rivers is facing a backlash after cracking a typically acidic gag aimed at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby North.
Beckham in Peckham
David films Only Fools comeback sketch
21/01/2014 … David Beckham has joined Sir David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst to film the Only Fools And Horses ‘comeback’ sketch.
Mon 20 January 2014
Would I Lie To You? named comedy of the year
20/01/2014 … Would I Lie To You? has been named the best comedy show of 2013 by the British Comedy Guide.
Piff goes to Vegas
...and Julian Barratt unveils a new character. A tight 5: Jan 20
20/01/2014 … PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON and his chihuahua sidekick Mr Piffles have moved to Las Vegas for a year-long residency as part of the Vegas Nocturne lineup at the new $12.
E4 enters an alternate reality
Channel orders a 'mind-bendingly funny' pilot
20/01/2014 … E4 has commissioned a new fantasy comedy-drama from Being Human writer – and former stand-up – Jamie Mathieson.