Edinburgh Comedy Award judges revealed
Here's who needs to bribed, blackmailed or buttonholed...
01/08/2018 … The judges have been announced for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
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Wed 01 August 2018
Unearthed: Scenes cut from Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Scripts from Michael Palin's collection will now go on display
01/08/2018 … Unseen Monty Python sketches – including two scenes cut from the Holy Grail movie - are to go on display after being discovered in Michael Palin's archives.
Del Boy goes to Hollywood
01/08/2018 … Sir David Jason is to front a travelogue for the Gold channel, in which he takes a trip along the west coast of America.
Tue 31 July 2018
2018 Scottish Comedy Award winners revealed
Frankie Boyle, Limmy and Armando Iannucci among them
31/07/2018 … Frankie Boyle, Limmy and Armando Iannucci were among the winners at the Scottish Comedy Award last night.
Radio Wales orders two sitcoms from comic Robin Morgan
31/07/2018 … BBC Radio Wales has commissioned two sitcoms from Welsh stand-up and writer Robin Morgan.
Comedy Central launches video-on-demand app
Virgin subscribers can watch full shows
31/07/2018 … Comedy Central has launched a mobile streaming app for its shows in the UK.
Gold orders a Dad's Army retrospective
Alexander Armstrong to host four-part series
31/07/2018 … The Gold channel has commissioned a new retrospective series, Saluting Dad’s Army, to mark the 50th anniversary of the enduring sitcom.
Mon 30 July 2018
ITV2 orders stand-up and sketch hybrid show
With Joel Dommett, Tom Allen, Seann Walsh and Russell Kane
30/07/2018 … Joel Dommett, Tom Allen, Seann Walsh and Russell Kane are among the comedians making a new hybrid stand-up and sketch show for ITV, Chortle can reveal.