Charlie Brooker cancels 2017 Wipe
Satirist too busy on other shows
27/11/2017 … Charlie Brooker will not be making a 2017 Wipe, he has announced.
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Mon 27 November 2017
BBC makes a Brexit sitcom
...about that tricky Irish border issue
27/11/2017 … The BBC is making a Brexit sitcom about the controversy surrounding the Irish border.
Comic apologises over Down's Syndrome line
Barry Castagnola vows never to use it again
27/11/2017 … Stand-up Barry Castagnola has apologised for making a joke comparing himself to ‘Daniel Craig with Down’s Syndrome’.
Micky Flanagan tops DVD chart
Selling more than his last release
27/11/2017 … Micky Flangan’s new release has entered the DVD charts at No 3.
© Petr Novák / Creative Commons Who's in Chris Morris's new movie?
Secret project was filmed in the Caribbean this summer
27/11/2017 … Chris Morris's new film stars Anna Kendrick and was shot in the Caribbean and US, Chortle can reveal.
© BBC Class Dismissed wins a Bafta
27/11/2017 … Sketch series Class Dismissed won a children’s Bafta award.
Who is Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2017?
27/11/2017 … Leo Kearse has been named 2017’s Scottish Comedian Of The Year.
© BBC Susan Calman waltzes out of Strictly
...but it's not her last dance
27/11/2017 … Susan Calman’s time on Strictly is over.