Comedian Al Murray stars in a new adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4, starting 26 May. He will play his great-great-great grandfather William Makepeace Thackeray, the author and narrator... more
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The Chortle Awards have been announced.For the full Club awards which were announced yesterday click here. For the other winners see below. BEST NEWCOMERSarah Keyworth BEST MCKiri Pritchard-... more
2Northdown, the live comedy venue in King’s Cross, has announced the result of its inaugural New Act Comedy Competition, following two months of heats that saw its panel of judges whittle down 120... more
Nish Kumar, Jason Byrne, Mark Watson and Luisa Omielan are among the comics lined up for the inaugural Big Funny Fest, Richmond’s first comedy festival taking place over Father’s Day weekend, the 15... more
Update 16/4: Following his run at London’s Leicester Square Theatre and in advance of his new stand-up tour, Showbiz, Frank Skinner is to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – the... more
The winners of this year's Chortle Awards for Best Venue and Best Club night have been revealed.The winners are as followsLONDON Best venue: 99 Club Leicester SquareBest club night: ... more
One-liner comedian Mark Simmons has launched a new podcast entitled Jokes with Mark Simmons.Join Simmons (recently seeni in ITV’s Out There) and a special comedian guest every week as they share... more
Comedian Alex Lowe found life imitating art at a recent gig.Lowe currently performs on the circuit as Clinton Baptiste, the hopeless, undiplomatic psychic he played in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights... more
The first image has been released of the new cast of Dad's Army.The Gold TV Channel is remaking three episodes from the 1960s that are no longer available, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker... more
The Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse series ‘Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’ has won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Entertainment.Derry Girls won the award for Best... more
