All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
NextUp launches with dozens of stand-up specials
15/11/2016 … Dozens of stand-up specials from comedians have been made available on a new Netflix-style video-on-demand service dedicated to British comedy, Chortle can reveal.
15/11/2016 … Caitlin Moran has claimed that TV no longer makes comedy about working-class characters.
15/11/2016 … Peter Kay is holding a Q&A session in aid of a cancer sufferer.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Shortlisted in the Critics' Choice awards
15/11/2016 … Fleabag and its creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge are up for two Critics’ Choice Awards in the States.
15/11/2016 … RORY McGrath has been charged with stalking a woman for 14 months.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures 'Cat-and-mouse' thriller for BBC America
15/11/2016 … Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is to write a dramatic thriller for American TV.
© BBC 15/11/2016 … Michael McIntyre has revealed some the comedians who will be appearing on the new series of his Big Show.
14/11/2016 … Lee Mack is to make his West End debut in a revival of Molière’s classic comedy The Miser.
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