Thu 29 August 2013
So You Think You're Funny?
29/08/2013 … Since it began in 1988, So You Think You're Funny? has kick-started the careers of dozens of the country’s top comics including Dylan Moran, Peter Kay…
© BBC/Talkback Thames/Brian J Ritchie 'Unfortunate' - but not offensive
QI airs paedophile limerick before Jimmy Savile report
29/08/2013 … QI has escaped censure from the BBC’s governing body for a limerick about paedophilia – which aired minutes before a Newsnight report on the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Is it time to extinguish the stars?
Chortle editor Steve Bennett on the review rating system
29/08/2013 … To quote David O’Doherty: ‘Stars are celestial and infinite.
ITV2 plans post-apocalyptic sitcom
From Jack Whitehall's co-writer
29/08/2013 … ITV2 is planning a post-apocalyptic sitcom from Jack Whitehall’s writer Freddy Syborn.
Wed 28 August 2013
What was the hottest show at the Fringe?
Too many of them, says Christian Talbot
28/08/2013 … At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, I performed my show Funeral Addict in one of the smallest venues available, the Staff Room at the Free Sisters.