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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’.
Janey Godley cancels tour as she fears she may never work again
Sep 18, 2024 · Janey Godley has cancelled her forthcoming stand-up tour in a heartbreaking announcement sharing her fears that she might never work again. The comedian, who first revealed she had ovarian cancer in 2021, is undergoing a new round of chemotherapy which she says is ‘really kicking me’.
You'd never get away with it today... - Chortle
Nov 20, 2017 · Chortle had 158,000 unique visitors in September 2024. We are currently listing 6,707 upcoming comedy events.
'Allo 'Allo: Where are they now? : Features 2017 - Chortle
Dec 14, 2017 · Exactly 25 years ago today, the last ever episode of 'Allo 'Allo aired… ten years to the month after it began. By the time of its finale, the wartime sitcom had become a global success – sold to 56 countries – including France and Germany where you might expect sensibilities to be more acute.
Al Murray writes another WWII book : News 2024 - Chortle
Jun 3, 2024 · Al Murray as written a second factual history book about the Second World War. Arnhem: Black Tuesday aims to offer a new perspective on the daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine as the Allies swept across France and Belgium in the aftermath of D-Day.
Matt Forde returns to work : News 2024 - Chortle
Jan 22, 2024 · Matt Forde is back on his feet following cancer surgery – and will be returning to his radio show in two weeks’ time. In October the political comedian revealed he had a spinal tumour, diagnosed after suffering from ‘awful sciatica’, and would be …
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.
How there could have been a sequel to The Young Ones
Dec 9, 2021 · Groundbreaking 1980s sitcom The Young Ones could have had a follow-up entitled The Middle-Aged Ones, co-creator Lise Mayer has revealed. The writer said she always wanted to catch up with students Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike later in life.
Alfie Brown: Open Hearted Human Enquiry - Chortle
Aug 21, 2024 · At one point in this intellectually and emotionally probing show, Alfie Brown mounts an eloquently persuasive defence of comedy as a mature artform, a capable and valid way of tackling the most difficult topics in life and society, Just because a joke is the endpoint does not immediately mean the subject itself is taken frivolously, he argues – and that like any artist with relevance, its ...