Student award: Manchester poll opens
17/03/2016 … Voting has now opened for the People's Choice award for the Manchester leg of the Chortle Student Comedy award.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 17 March 2016
Coogan plans new Alan Partridge chat show
17/03/2016 … Steve Coogan says he's considering a new chat show for Alan Partridge - but this time with real guests.
Lenny Henry to star in a Rogue's Gallery
17/03/2016 … Lenny Henry is to act in a new series of 'darkly comic, genre-bending monologues' for Radio 4.
Wed 16 March 2016
US pilot for Stephen Fry
Starring as an explorer in The Great Indoors
16/03/2016 … Stephen Fry could follow his comedy parter Hugh Laurie to US success.
Tue 15 March 2016
© BBC Sandi: I can't bear to listen to the News Quiz
She's never heard Miles Jupp host it
15/03/2016 … Sandi Toksvig has admitted she hasn’t listened to The News Quiz since Miles Jupp took over.
Jack Dee quits The Apprentice: You're Fired
15/03/2016 … Jack Dee has quit as host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired.
Whose Line? returns to the West End
London Palladium shows this summer
15/03/2016 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is to return to London’s West End for another run.
Mon 14 March 2016
Alexei Sayle to star in boxing film
With Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Van Outen
14/03/2016 … Alexei Sayle is to star in a bare-knuckle boxing film.