Meet the first 2023 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists
Five up-and-coming acts chosen
28/04/2023 … The first finalists for this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named following the first semi-final in London last night.
Fri 28 April 2023
© Channel 4 / Sam Taylor Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury join Hullraisers
28/04/2023 … Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury have joined the cast of Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.
Thu 27 April 2023
© C4 'In the moment, I have no idea what I'm doing'
Hugo Chegwin on his surprise reappearance in The Curse
27/04/2023 … Hugo Chegwin made a surprise reappearance on Channel 4 comedy The Curse tonight – confounding fans who believed his character Phil had been killed in the first…
© BBC/James Stack Inside No 9: Mother's Ruin
Review of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's latest
27/04/2023 … In an interview to promote the return of Inside No 9, Reece Shearsmith teased that the new series was sometimes ‘quite gory… something that we haven’t…
'I was excited to put myself in a show I'd never ordinarily get cast for'
Gbemisola Ikumelo on new comedy-thriller Black Ops
27/04/2023 … Famalam’s Gbemisola Ikumelo stars in the new BBC One comedy thriller, Black Ops, which she co-created with Akemnji Ndifornyen.
Harry Hill: The night a man wandered on stage in his underpants
Comic recalls one of his strangest gigs
27/04/2023 … Having a reputation for off-the-wall comedy can backfire – as Harry Hill has revealed.
Comic pulls gig over fears of violent protests
Reuben Kaye had riled the Christian right
27/04/2023 … Australian comedian and cabaret star Reuben Kaye has been forced to pull out of the Sydney Comedy Festival because of threatened protests from offended Christians.
Luke Kempner launches podcast
With his wife and her identical twin
27/04/2023 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has launched a podcast with his wife Alana Macfarlane Kempner and her identical twin sister Lisa.