© BBC At last! Inside No 9 wins a Bafta
And This Country duo scoop breakthough award
22/04/2018 … Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have won a Bafta for writing Inside No.
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Sun 22 April 2018
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Student Comedy Award 2018 semi-finalists
22/04/2018 … Here are the line-ups for the semi-finals of this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finals.
Josie Long's jestating
Pregnancy-based stand-up – and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
22/04/2018 … The week's best live comedy.
Radio 2's Funny Fortnight
...and the rest of the week's comedy on TV and radio
22/04/2018 … The week’s comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 21 April 2018
Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer dead
21/04/2018 … Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, has died at the age of 49.
It's the full Monty
Pythons' back catalogue and the rest of the week's comedy on demand
21/04/2018 … This week's comedy on demand… and this week it's all about Netflix Monty Python The troupe's back catalogue has landed on…
Sam Campbell wins Australia's Barry Award
For best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2018 … Oddball comedian Sam Campbell has won the prestigious Barry Award for the best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Fri 20 April 2018
Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan to play sisters in new comedy
Happy revolves around anxiety and depression
20/04/2018 … Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan are to play sisters in a dark new sitcom for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.