Comedians join Ricky Gervais's After Life
Kerry Godliman, Diane Morgan and more in Netflix series
13/06/2018 … Diane Morgan and Kerry Godliman are to star alongside Ricky Gervais in his Netflix comedy After Life, Chortle can reveal.
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Wed 13 June 2018
© Sun Lee Just For Laughs adds more comedians
Tig Notaro, Gina Yashere and Mae Martin head to Montreal
13/06/2018 … Tig Notaro, Gina Yashere and Mae Martin have been added to the bill of the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal next month.
Mark Gatiss to investigate 'forgotten' painter John Minton
13/06/2018 … League Of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss is to present a documentary about 20th century British artist John Minton for BBC Four.
Comedy Central renews Roast Battle
Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan to return
13/06/2018 … Comedy Central has renewed its Roast Battle for a second series.
Tue 12 June 2018
© BBC Dad's Army gets a blue plaque
...at the hotel where cast used to stay
12/06/2018 … Dad's Army is to be commemorated with a blue plaque at the pub where cast and crew stayed while filming on location.
New Netflix series for Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan
Panel show to fix the world's problems
12/06/2018 … Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan are to star in a new comedy panel show for Netflix.
Queen honours Melbourne Comedy Fest chief
Susan Provan made an Officer of the Order Of Australia
12/06/2018 … Melbourne comedy festival boss Susan Provan has said she is ‘proud’ that the artform has been recognised after being honoured by the Queen.
Dani Dyer to appear in a horror film about a stand-up
...alongside Clark Gable's grandson as a heckler
12/06/2018 … Love Island’s Dani Dyer is to appear in a new horror film about a stand-up comedian stalked by a fiendish heckler.