Filming starts on Big Mood series 2
03/09/2025 … My Family star Robert Lindsay and Marina Bye from the Siblings double act have joined the cast of Channel 4’s hit comedy Big Mood.
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When a stand-up special becomes a true-crime podcast
New series about the most terrifying night of Edd Hedges's life
02/09/2025 … One of Edd Hedges’ stand-up routines has been turned into a six-part podcast described as ‘part comedy special and part true crime documentary’.
Comics up for 2025 Sky Arts Award
Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth all nominated
02/09/2025 … Elf Lyons, Jen Brister and Sarah Keyworth have been nominated for the Sky Arts Award for comedy The broadcaster said: ‘Elf Lyons is nominated for her…
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Graham Linehan arrested over anti-trans tweet
Father Ted writer held at Heathrow Airport
02/09/2025 … Graham Linehan has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence via social media posts.
John Cleese's latest BBC gripes
Comic, 85, repeats his complaints agains bureaucracy and
02/09/2025 … John Cleese has made one of his regular moans about the BBC, complaining there’s ‘been nothing funny since The Office’.
Taping set for Series 20 of Live At The Apollo
02/09/2025 … The 20th series of Live At The Apollo is to be recorded this month.
The Golden Cobra up for two Welsh Baftas
...and Katy Wix nominated for Big Boys
02/09/2025 … Animated comedy The Golden Cobra has been nominated for two Welsh Bafta awards.
Mon 01 September 2025
© Arina Krasnikova/Pexels stock image Men STILL dominate comedy writing
Almost no progress made since landmark '11%' study
01/09/2025 … Seven years of lobbying broadcasters to employ more female sitcom writers has barely shifted the dial when it comes to equality, Chortle can reveal.