Comedians up for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023
08/02/2023 … Milton Jones, Ken Cheng and Tudur Owen are among the finalists for for this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.
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© Channel 4 Comedians enter the Bake Off tent
Tim Key, Mike Wozniak, Rose Matafeo and more join celeb version
07/02/2023 … Comedians including Tim Key, Mike Wozniak, Rose Matafeo and Lucy Beaumont are to appear in the next series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off.
Fawlty Towers is coming back
John Cleese to star opposite his daughter in reboot, 45 years on
07/02/2023 … John Cleese is reviving Basil Fawlty, 45 years after the original Fawlty Towers ended.
© Jiksaw Jonathan Ross, Rosie Jones and Michelle De Swarte join Just For Laughs London
Trio taking part in Comic Relief discussions
07/02/2023 … Jonathan Ross, Rosie Jones and Michelle De Swarte have joined the line up for the Just For Laughs London festival.
Anna Ptaszynski joins Museum of Curiosity
No Such Thing As A Fish podcaster to curate the next Radio 4 series
07/02/2023 … No Such Thing As A Fish podcaster Anna Ptaszynski is to be the new curator of Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity.
Mon 06 February 2023
Which are the best comedy venues of 2023?
First Chortle Award winners announced
06/02/2023 … The best comedy nights in the UK have been named in this year’s Chortle Awards.
New Peter Kay documentary in the works
Producers seek fans to wax lyrical about comic's work
06/02/2023 … Peter Kay has already been the subject of at least four documentaries – and now a fifth is in the pipeline.
© Netflix Grammy award for Dave Chappelle's controversial special
The Closer had been branded transphobic and homophobic
06/02/2023 … Dave Chappelle's controversial special The Closer has won the 2023 Grammy award for best comedy album.