Only Child : Reviews 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
Nov 21, 2024 · Clashes between generations are a fertile ground for comedy, which Only Child farms expertly. Bryce Hart’s script is packed full of jokes, which Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh deliver with such natural ease that they never feel forced. Beneath the gags, the show has plenty to say, too, about the strains of coming to terms with an ageing parent, yet does so with the lightest of touches.
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.
Kerry Godliman announces a new tour : News 2024 - Chortle
Nov 20, 2024 · Kerry Godliman leads a host of comedians announcing tour dates today. The comic and actress – star of Afterlife, Whitstable Pearl, Taskmaster, and more – has announced 16 dates of her new show, Bandwidth. Publicity for the show reads: ‘While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin ...
Meet the 2024 BBC New Comedy Award heat winners
Oct 31, 2024 · Also judging the final are comics Josh Pugh and Shaparak Khorsandi.. The winner will receive a paid commission to write and perform a 30-minute audio pilot under the mentorship of a BBC comedy commissioner, plus a trophy and £1,000 cash.
Eric Morecambe's entire archive to be sold - Chortle
Nov 18, 2024 · The Eric Morecambe Collection will be offered at Hansons Auctioneers’ Derbyshire sale room on January 10 and 11. Lots will be available to view online from December 2, 2024 and hard copy catalogues can be pre-ordered ahead of distribution in December. To find out more, visit www.ericmorecambe.com. Registered users can place bids in advance of the auction, or during the sale days, at www ...
Dinosaur to roam again : News 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy …
Nov 18, 2024 · Ashley Storrie’s comedy Dinosaur has been renewed for a second series, the BBC has announced today. The news comes the day after the show scooped two awards at the Scottish Baftas.Storrie won the audience award for ‘favourite Scot on screen’ for her role as Nina, while she and co-creator Matilda Curtis shared the gong for best film and TV writer.
Two London dates for Dave Chappelle : News 2024 - Chortle
Nov 4, 2024 · Dave Chappelle has announced two London dates for next month. The comic will be appearing alongside rap legend Killer Mike at the two gigs at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on December 2 and Fairfield Halls on December 4.
Mackenzie Crook writes his first adult book : News 2024 - Chortle
May 17, 2024 · Mackenzie Crook has written – and illustrated – his first book for adults. If Nick Drake Came To My House explores the idea ‘what if you had the chance to tell your hero just how much they meant to you?’ and is described as ‘a quietly powerful expression of …
Chris McCausland lands his biggest Strictly score yet
Nov 16, 2024 · Judges awarded Chris McCausland 37 points on tonight's Strictly Come Dancing, his highest score yet on the show.. The comedian's dance partner Dianne Buswell was weeping when the score was announced, which included two perfect 10s. It came despite the pair being in the 'kiss of death' opening slot on the Blackpool dancefloor, performing an American smooth to a swinging big-band cover of the ...
Rhod Gilbert wins a Bafta : News 2024 - Chortle
Oct 21, 2024 · Rhod Gilbert has won a Bafta for the moving documentary he made about his cancer treatment. The comic was named best presenter at the Welsh Baftas last night for his brutal and honest Channel 4 show A Pain In The Neck.. After the award was announced, the comic took to social media to thank the team who made and commissioned the show, who ‘kindly and, in my opinion, foolishly, agreed to film ...