Meet Chortle's new Fringe reviewers
Chosen through our initiative to find more diverse critics
29/03/2018 … Stephanie Lim has been chosen as Chortle’s new reviewer for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
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Thu 29 March 2018
You can't make jokes about autism!
Calls to ban comedian's show about bringing up a child on the spectrum
29/03/2018 … Protestors are trying to censor a comedy show about autism – saying it amounts to mocking children with a disability.
Terminator 2 just got Rick-rolled
Keith & Paddy Picture Show guest casting revealed, with Rick Astley and more...
29/03/2018 … We knew he was ‘never gonna give you up’… now it appears that those lyrics referred to his tireless pursuit of the T-800 Terminator.
Wed 28 March 2018
'A life-enhancing force of nature'
Tributes to Sir Ken at his Liverpool funeral
28/03/2018 … The people of Liverpool have joined stars of stage and screen to say 'tatty-bye' to Sir Ken Dodd today.
New book from Red Dwarf and 2point4children writers
Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall pen The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
28/03/2018 … Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant and 2point4children creator Andrew Marshall have written a period sci-fi comedy novel.
© Sky Sports Sky picks up Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan series
After the pilot with Anthony Joshua last year
28/03/2018 … Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are reuniting for a celebrity interview series.
Tue 27 March 2018
BBC appoints its first podcast chief
As it expands the shows it offers
27/03/2018 … The BBC has appointed its first commissioning editor for podcasts, as it expands the number of programmes commissioned for the internet.
Second series for Rob Beckett's All Together Now
Geri Horner also returning to BBC One singing show
27/03/2018 … Rob Beckett’s primetime singing show All Together Now will be returning for a second series.