Comedians up for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023
08/02/2023 … Milton Jones, Ken Cheng and Tudur Owen are among the finalists for for this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.
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Chortle Awards 2023 winners announced
Including Jazz Emu, Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett
07/02/2023 … Musical comedian Jazz Emu was a double winner at the Chortle Awards in a ceremony that also honoured Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and more.
© Channel 4 Comedians enter the Bake Off tent
Tim Key, Mike Wozniak, Rose Matafeo and more join celeb version
07/02/2023 … Comedians including Tim Key, Mike Wozniak, Rose Matafeo and Lucy Beaumont are to appear in the next series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off.
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Crackerjack biographer Alan Stafford on the comedy staple of kids' TV
07/02/2023 … In 1982 Ian and Janette Krankie defected from BBC to ITV, leaving Paul Ciani, producer of long-running teatime variety show Crackerjack, with a gap that needed filling.
What was the name of the 'busy' milkman in Father Ted?
07/02/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Fawlty Towers is coming back
John Cleese to star opposite his daughter in reboot, 45 years on
07/02/2023 … John Cleese is reviving Basil Fawlty, 45 years after the original Fawlty Towers ended.
Chortle Awards 2023 acceptance speeches
07/02/2023 … Here are the acceptance speeches from the 2023 Chortle Awards, held in Waterloo, Central London, last night Other winners submitted videos: Best tour:…
© Jiksaw Jonathan Ross, Rosie Jones and Michelle De Swarte join Just For Laughs London
Trio taking part in Comic Relief discussions
07/02/2023 … Jonathan Ross, Rosie Jones and Michelle De Swarte have joined the line up for the Just For Laughs London festival.