Fawlty Towers play to air on TV
U&Gold grab the rights to John Cleese stage show
John Cleese's Fawlty Towers: The Play is to be screened on TV. Archive…
Jane Horrocks, Jamali Maddix and Stevie Martin join Here We Go
Ab Fab’s Jane Horrocks and former Taskmaster…
The BBC’s TV comedy budget fell seven per cent…
10th anniversary screening for Aaaaaaaah!
The BFI is to hold a 10th anniversary screening of…
'Cancelled' Louis CK to headline NY Comedy Festival
Comedian Louis CK has been further welcomed back…
Ash Atalla: I was expected to die
Ash Atalla has told of the difficulties for him and…
Bob Mortimer 'to return to Last One Laughing'
He is surely one of the reasons the first series of…
Putting the 'peng' in Penguins
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle…
BBC Scotland pilots two comedies
There's not much to report for comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week,…
Donald Trump calls Rosie O'Donnell 'a threat to humanity'
Fearless defender of free speech Donald Trump wants to revoke the citizenship of…
Tim Vine has made a feature film in the guise of Plastic Elvis, which is getting…
Tim Minchin joins Celebrity Gogglebox
Tim Minchin is making his debut on Celebrity Googlebox tonight. The comedian and…
Larry David to make a history-based sketch show
Barack Obama and Larry David are teaming up to make a sketch comedy…
Tour news
Features
Edinburgh Fringe: Summer of Sams
Continuing our series of previews for the Edinburgh Fringe, here are ten comedians…
The night an MC told a racist joke after my set
In 2022, I wrote an article on the little incidents I’ve experienced on the…
Who impersonated Harry Potter on Last One Laughing?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
'Mandy? She’s learned nothing'
A new fourth series of Diane Morgan's comedy Mandy starts Monday 21 July…
'I got into comedy as my PhD was so boring'
Earlier this year, Chortle selected five Hotshots from a series of gigs around the…
The Loon Under Laughter
My favourite comedy open-mic, the Loon Under Laughter, is only two minutes from a…
Reviews
Comedy Knockout: Champion Of Champions
There’s an inevitable brutality to most of the…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material
Pleasance Islington
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Alex Kealy: The Fear
Leeds Hyde Park Book Club
Thursday 17th Jul from 20:00Book now
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Millwall Jew
Camden Comedy Club
Saturday 19th Jul from 18:00
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Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It
New Milton Forest Arts Centre
Saturday 4th Oct from 19:30Book now
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Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty
Oxford Tap Social Movement
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Michelle De Swarte: The Afters
Leeds Glee Club
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Other news
Comedy nominees in the 77th Emmy Awards
The nominees for the 77th Emmy Awards for…
11th series for Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast
Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast is to return for…
Second survey into UK comedy sector launched
The second survey of the UK live comedy sector has been launched today. Last…
Gilded Balloon relaunches Postcode Pals
Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has launched its Postcode Pals scheme for a…
BRITISH COLOMBIA: A terrorist has claimed responsibility for shooting up a Canadian…
Graham Norton to interview Whoopi Goldberg
Graham Norton is to join Whoopi Goldberg to conduct the Q&A section of her London…
Comedian Cerys Bradley and drag performer Miggy Barker have teamed up for a new ‘fun,…
Daniel Lawrence Taylor signs a first-look deal
Boarders creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor, has signed a deal with production company…
Punching Up
'I’ve never seen anyone use ketchup so artfully'
Comedians Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and Amelia Bayler star in the new video from Glasgow band Former Champ. Filmed in one shot, the promo for the song…
'They’re miserable and horrible and bitchy...'
Eric Idle has launched another broadside against his…
Bill Burr plays drums with The Pretenders
Bill Burr played drums with The Pretenders during his…
He’s a comedian, writer, presenter, artist, campaigner……
Videos
Could Superman afford the best lawyers money could buy? Probably not on a newspaper reporter's salary.
That's why he was appointed a public defender, at least in the mind of comedian Graham Techler.
He imagined the scene at New York comedy night Characters Welcome recently...
Superman's public defender
By Graham Techler
Parents 'terrified' of school break
From Broken News
Trailer for Marc Maron: Panicked
New HBO stand-up special
Comic shows off the ‘best thing I've ever bought…