© BBC Liam Williams takes on the Bard
18/11/2015 … COMEDIAN Liam Williams has adapted Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for a one-off charity performance featuring a cast of fellow comics, including Tim Key, David Elms,…
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Wed 18 November 2015
© BBC Tue 17 November 2015
Comedians' Christmas bonanza
Sky orders 12 shorts from rising stars
17/11/2015 … Sky has signed up 12 rising comedy stars to make a series of Christmas shorts, Chortle can reveal.
© Creative Commons / Nehrams2020 Jennifer Aniston joins De Niro's Comedian
17/11/2015 … Jennifer Aniston has been cast opposite Robert De Niro in his forthcoming film about a stand-up.
Bernie Clifton goes on The Voice
17/11/2015 … Veteran comedian Bernie Clifton is to take part in The Voice.
Radio 2 pulls comedy in wake of Paris attacks
1909 spy sitcom 'not appropriate' to air
17/11/2015 … Radio 2 has pulled a new comedy about pre-First-World-War spies in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, Chortle can reveal.
Three cheers for John Finnemore
Triple nomination in BBC radio awards
17/11/2015 … Comedy writer John Finnemore has notched up three nominations for prestigious BBC radio awards.
Pajama Men launch sitcom bid
With Andrew Maxwell, Glenn Wool and more
17/11/2015 … Inventive sketch duo The Pajama Men are to make their own sitcom – after their scripts were rejected by major broadcasters.
Mon 16 November 2015
It's not just Porridge...
Remakes on the cards for The Good Life and others
16/11/2015 … BBC One is planning to revive The Good Life, Are You Being Served?, Up Pompeii! and Keeping Up Appearances for its sitcom celebrations next year.