GB News reveals line-up of comedians for its newspaper ... - Chortle
Jan 21, 2022 · GB News has signed up a regular roster of 13 comedians to appear on its late-night newspaper preview show Headliners. The ‘anti-woke’ channel has given the hour-long show green light as a seven-night offering after an initial launch last month.
New book from Gone Fishing's dog, Ted : News 2024 - Chortle
Aug 12, 2024 · Ted, the dog from Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s Gone Fishing, has 'written' his first book. His ‘pawtobiography’ is to be released in November and promises to expose ‘what it's like working alongside two national treasures and what really happens when the cameras stop rolling’. Publication will coincide with the eighth series of ...
'Allo 'Allo: Where are they now? : Features 2017 - Chortle
Dec 14, 2017 · Richard Gibson, Herr Otto Flick. Now 63, the Ugandan-born actor left 'Allo 'Allo after eight series, with David Janson taking over the role of the Gestapo officer in the final season. Since then, he has worked as a radio actor, scriptwriter and voiceover artist, including guest starring in the 2003 Doctor Who audio drama Flip-Flop.
Dara O Briain joins Radio 4’s Curious Cases - Chortle
Sep 27, 2024 · Dara O Briain has joined Radio 4’s Curious Cases with mathematician Hannah Fry. The comedian replaces broadcaster and writer Adam Rutherford in a new series of the science-based show when it returns next week. In each episode – which will air on Radio 4 on Saturday mornings and released as a podcast – the pair will investigate quirky ...
How chaotic collaboration beats scripted punchlines
Oct 11, 2024 · At the same venue a little earlier, Grace Jarvis performed her third solo show Oh! The Horrors! as a reprise of her Edinburgh run. Jarvis, 26, calls herself a ‘kiwaussie' – half-Kiwi half-Aussie – and has recently moved to the UK. This hour is directed by Laura Davis, and the match between director and comedian may almost be too close.
Spit The Dog's last performance : News 2022 - Chortle
Apr 17, 2022 · Spit The Dog may have hoiked his last loogie. Bob Carolgees, the comedy ventriloquist behind the 1970s favourite, has revealed that he has carpel tunnel syndrome, which make it hard for him to operate his phelgmy puppet sidekick. The 73-year-old briefly performed his act at a reunion of the team behind the anarchic kids’ programme Tiswas last ...
Ousted from her own podcast! : News 2020 - Chortle
Sep 14, 2020 · Comedian Poppy Hillstead has complained about being unceremoniously dumped from a hit podcast she helped establish. The actor and film-maker launched Gossipmongers with stand-ups Joe Wilkinson and David Earl – best known for his alter-ego Brian Gittins – last year. However, she has been ditched for the fourth series, which launched today ...
Extra Bafta nominations for Ashley Storrie and Richard Gadd
Oct 11, 2024 · Ashley Storrie and Richard Gadd are both up for an extra Bafta Scotland award it was announced today.. The comedian are nominated for the audience award for ‘favourite Scot on screen’ – the e only category voted for by the public.
Comedians to guest host Pointless : News 2024 - Chortle
Jan 29, 2024 · Comedians including Chris Ramsey, Josh Widdicombe, Phil Wang, and Desiree Burch are to guest host the next series of Pointless,. The line-up also includes Mel Giedroyc, Liza Tarbuck, Hugh Denni, and Ellie Taylor.. Host Alexander Armstrong has been joined by a series of guest hosts since Richard Osman left the hit daytime quiz in 2022.. Ramsey said: ‘I’m very excited to be part of such an ...
Stewart Lee: Basic Lee : Reviews 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy …
Sep 28, 2022 · It’s a reviewers’ cliché to call something a masterclass of comedy, but Stewart Lee’s latest show is almost literally that, as he gives what can loosely be described as a lecture in the artform: talking about writing material in part one, performing it in part two.. His whole career has been underpinned by doing comedy about comedy – and Basic Lee is the most explicit expression of ...