Marc Wootton makes hidden camera show in the US
14/06/2019 … Marc Wootton is piloting an improvised hidden camera show with Sacha Baron Cohen, Chortle can reveal.
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Fri 14 June 2019
© BBC Jo Brand won't face police action over battery acid joke
Comic admits it was 'crass and ill-judged' - but not a mistake
14/06/2019 … Jo Brand will not face police action over her joke about throwing battery acid over politicians.
© Channel 4 Sharon Horgan to star in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie movie
With Richard E Grant and newcomer Max Harwood
14/06/2019 … Sharon Horgan and Richard E.
Who's doing the July Chortle sessions?
Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper and more...
14/06/2019 … Chortle can today announce the line-up for our next industry sessions at London’s Museum of Comedy.
Paul Sinha: I have Parkinson's
Comic and Chase star reveals his diagnosis
14/06/2019 … Paul Sinha has revealed he is suffering with Parkinson's disease – and vowed to fight it ‘with every breath I have.
Kids' favourite dad jokes revealed
14/06/2019 … British children have chosen their funniest ‘dad joke’ of all time.
© BBC Francesca Martinez's first play hits the National
About similar themes to her powerful Question Time speech
14/06/2019 … Francesca Martinez’s first play is to premiere at the National Theatre next year.
© C4 Another award for Derry Girls
C4 show named best comedy in industry awards
14/06/2019 … Derry Girls has been named best comedy in this year’s Televisual Bulldog Awards.