When does Taskmaster series 9 start?
13/08/2019 … Dave had announced that the next series of Taskmaster will launch on September 4 at 9pm and run for ten weeks.
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Tue 13 August 2019
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2019 winner crowned
Erika Ehler makes it two in a row for Salford
13/08/2019 … Erika Ehler, a 21-year-old Canadian studying comedy writing and performance at Salford has won this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Edinburgh Fringe named the best experience in the UK
Festival tops Lonely Planet list
13/08/2019 … The Edinburgh Fringe has been ranked as the UK’s number one experience by Lonely Planet.
Mon 12 August 2019
BBC confirms Rose Matafeo comedy
Starstuck will also air on HBO Max in the US
12/08/2019 … The BBC has officially confirmed the new sitcom from Rose Matafeo, as first revealed by Chortle back in March.
Stand-ups front Nationwide's new ad campaign
Comedy sets to encourage people to save more
12/08/2019 … A raft of comedians have been signed up by Nationwide Building Society to front a new advertising campaign Adam Rowe, Helen Bauer, Sunil Patel, Masie Adam all…
Sarah Silverman: I was fired from a new movie over blackface sketch
Comedian complains about 'righteousness porn'
12/08/2019 … Sarah Silverman has revealed that she was fired from a movie over a old sketch in which she wore blackface.
James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe to play Blockbusters
In celebrity versions of Comedy Central quiz
12/08/2019 … James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe are to take part in celebrity versions of Blockbusters.
Tom Allen to host The Apprentice: You’re Fired
12/08/2019 … Tom Allen is to be the new host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired.