Grace Mulvey wins BBC's £5,500 comedy bursary
Awarded in honour of Galton & Simpson to develop a new script
27/11/2020 … Irish comedian Grace Mulvey has won the BBC’s first £5,500 Galton & Simpson bursary for comedy writing.
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Fri 27 November 2020
BBC raps Jack Whitehall over dwarf jokes
...but clears Fin Taylor for 'bomb Glastonbury' gag
27/11/2020 … The BBC has censured Jack Whitehall for jokes he made about a dwarf on Live At The Apollo.
Thu 26 November 2020
Channel 4 commissions Jack Rooke's sitcom
Big Boys to star Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing
26/11/2020 … Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing from Plebs are to star in a new Channel 4 comedy series created by comedian Jack Rooke.
© C4 More names join the 2021 Leicester Comedy Festival
26/11/2020 … The Leicester Comedy Festival, has announced more shows for next year’s event.
Rose d'Or for Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa
...and another for Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones
26/11/2020 … Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has won the ‘performance of the year’ accolade at the prestigious international Rose d’Or television awards.
Wed 25 November 2020
Comedians re-release festive fundraising track
Christmas Magic helps stand-ups in need
25/11/2020 … Christmas Magic – a charity song featuring 60 top US comedians – has been re-released today to raise money for struggling performers.
Jayde Adams to record Radio 4 stand-up special
With music from Jerry Springer composer Richard Thomas
25/11/2020 … Jayde Adams is to record a Radio 4 stand-up special about being ‘a working-class girl riding high on the often middle-class wave of showbusiness’.
Missed the Chortle Comedy Book Festival?
Never fear, catch-up passes are available here
25/11/2020 … Comedy fans who missed out on Chortle's book festival can still watch all the sessions with a special catch-up pass, launched today.