The Fawlty Towers remakes
A real-life farce in four flops...
08/02/2023 … Just five years ago, John Cleese told an interviewer: ‘If I ever tried to do a Fawlty Towers-type sitcom again, everyone would say, "It’s not as…
Wed 08 February 2023
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.
Tue 07 February 2023
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.
A brief history of gunge
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:…