Every Goodies and Bill Oddie recording to be released
After nine-year quest to track dow the rights and the recordings
Every song committed to vinyl by the Goodies is set to be released on CD after a…
Philomena Cunk vs Benedict Cumberbatch
Philomena Cunk’s next victims have been released. Diane…
The Walsh Sisters return to BBC and RTE
Irish comedy-drama The Walsh Sisters is returning to…
Bob Mortimer writes his fourth novel
Details of Bob Mortimer's fourth novel have…
Jeff Daniels to star in Scottish wedding comedy
Jeff Daniels is to star in a comedy movie about a Scottish…
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
Remembering Jeremy Hardy and Sean Lock
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Al Murray writes comic-book war story
Al Murray has penned his first comic book story, a D-Day adventure for the war comic…
Live From The UK to return to Radio 4
Radio 4's flagship stand-up series Live From The UK is to return. Angela…
Sacha Baron Cohen 'to star in Quentin Tarantino play'
Sacha Baron Cohen is reportedly due to star in Quentin Tarantino‘s stage play The…
Josephine Lacey to release her Autism Mama show
Josephine Lacey is to record her show Autism Mama, after touring it for two years. The…
The Skinny and Fest magazines to close
Scottish arts outlets The Skinny and Fest are to close down. The publishers of…
Nick Mohammed to host Traitors live show
Nick Mohammed is to host the West End show based on The Traitors. The comic…
Tour news
Features
Why satire still matters
In my experience, comedians are only ever capable of paying their colleagues backhanded…
'Someone's job is to keep me out of prison'
It’s run for 17 seasons and is BBC audio comedy at its finest and most inventive…
Finding the light in dark comedy
Finding dark comedy funny does not necessarily mean there is something dark about…
What was Groucho Marx's real name?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Reviews
How I’ve Tried To Change The World by Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle has already written two autobiographies:…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews 2026
All 212 comedy shows Chortle reviewed at the 2026 Edinburgh…
Live comedy picks
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Other news
Operation Mincemeat extends UK tour
The UK tour of comedy musical Operation Mincemeat has…
Josh Pugh teams up with Pete Doherty for YouTube show
Josh Pugh has teamed up with The Libertines frontman…
Writer Lorelei Mathias revamps her Break-Up Club novel
Comedy writer Lorelei Mathias is releasing a new edition of her novel The Break-Up…
Ola Labib picks up her honorary fellowship
Ola Labib has picked up her honorary fellowship from Rose Burford College, a…
The play will keep going wrong until 2028
The Play That Goes Wrong has extended its booking at the Duchess Theatre until January…
Absolute Radio Live 2026 line-up announced
Absolute Radio has announced the line-up for its next comedy fundraiser. The show…
Samira Ahmed becomes patron of Slapstick festival
Broadcaster Samira Ahmed has become a patron of Bristol’s Slapstick festival…
Operation Mincemeat extends for a 19th time
Operation Mincemeat has extended its West End run for the 19th time. Performances…
Punching Up
Dawn French banned from driving
Dawn French has been banned from driving for six months after racking up her fourth speeding ticket in three years. The comedian, 68, hit the 12-point limit…
Animal rights group Peta offers to buy Chicken Shop Date
Animal rights group Peta has offered to buy the rights…
John Bishop breaks his ankle motorcycling with Tim Peake
John Bishop has ended up in hospital with a broken…
Time to rename 8 Out Of 10 Cats as 9 Out Of 10 Cats?
Cat food brand Whiskas is calling on Channel 4 to rename…
Videos
George Fouracres presented another of his bonkers 45 Seconds with Fouracres segments on Saturday Night Live UK last night.
The section featured a black pudding crisis and a lightsaber duel with musical guest CMAT. Say no more…
Fouracres actually ran for twice the advertised time, but who’s counting?
45 Seconds with Fouracres (And CMAT)
From SNL UK
Weekend Update on the far-right protests
Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on SNL UK
Jeff Goldblum is an invisible friend
From Saturday Night Live UK
As imagined by SNL UK
Other links
Daily Mail: Whatever happened to the cast of Only Fools and Horses
Bristol 247: Stuart Goldsmith on using comedy to talk about climate change
The Guardian: Amy Annette on why comedians should not be hot
The Times: Rob Brydon: ‘Steve Coogan is not a people-pleaser — I am’
Metro: Interview with Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Chris Cantrill