Saturday Night Live UK writers revealed
20-strong team features familiar names from the comedy circuit
Saturday Night Live has announced the full writing team for its UK edition – with…
Meet our first Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist of 2026
Adam Ernst Pickard is the first finalists to be chosen…
The Stand sponsors five comcs' Fringe runs
The Stand Comedy Club is sponsoring five Scottish-based…
Chris Cantrill wins a BBC Audio Drama Award
Chris Cantrill has won the BBC Audio Drama Award for…
Will Tina Fey host the first Saturday Night Live UK?
Saturday Night Live veteran Tina Fey has been…
James Acaster kicks off his 2026 tour
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Alasdair Beckett-King's improv show Wing It returns
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
Paul Hilleard named Chortle's first Hotshot of 2026
Paul Hilleard has been named the first Chortle Hotshot of 2026, following a showcase…
Ardal O’Hanlon cast in West End play The Truth
Ardal O’Hanlon, Stephen Mangan and Sarah Hadland are to star in a new West…
James McAvoy to star in Frankie Boyle's Meantime
Frankie Boyle has landed his dream star for the TV adaptation of his debut novel…
The biggest UK improv show ever
Shoot From The Hip are to play what’s believed to be the biggest show ever…
Official: Ghosts WILL become a film
Ghosts is being made into a film, entitled The Possession of Button House. Filming…
Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant dies suddenly
Rob Grant, the co-creator of Red Dwarf, has died unexpectedly at the age of…
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Features
Watch clips from the Chortle Hotshots Bristol showcase
Here are extracts from all the comedians who performed at the Chortle Hotshots Bristol…
What is Rob Brydon's real surname?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
The Chortle Award 2026 nominees are...
Voting has closed for this year’s Chortle Awards supported by Ticketmaster.…
'I'm leaning hard into being a fusty, provincial middle-aged man'
Mike Wozniak began performing comedy in a medics’ sketch group. After turning…
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Live comedy picks
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Other news
'Pick-and-mix' industry help for comics without an agent
A new consultancy has launched with the aim of giving…
Five more comedians become Live Comedy Day ambassadors
Five more comics have signed up to be ambassadors for…
A plug for the Bath Comedy Festival
Bath Comedy Festival is back this spring with more than 100 shows and 300 performances…
Bill Bailey announces West End residency
Bill Bailey has announced a seven-week West End run of his stand-up show Vaudevillean. The…
Bristol Comedy Garden returns for 15th year
Bristol Comedy Garden is back for its 15th edition, with Jack Dee, Josh Widdicombe…
Latitude adds Pascoe and Perkins
Latitude festival has added Sara Pascoe and Sue Perkins to this summer's event,…
Magda Szubanski's cancer is in remission
Australian comedian Magda Szubanski has annpounced she is she is in remission,…
Cosmic Shambles Forest returns to Latitude
The Cosmic Shambles Forest is returning to Latitude this summer, with…
Punching Up
Ghosts team tease a return to Button House
Is Ghosts returning? The cast took to social media yesterday to share a cryptic short video of the doors to Button House swinging open, sparking excitement and…
What Chris McCausland brings to every show...
Chris McCausland has revealed the one thing he always…
Rhys James: I auditioned to be Johnny English Jr.
Rhys James has revealed that he once auditioned for…
Joe Wilkinson is a Bake-Off favourite
Joe Wilkinson is one of the favourites to the Great…
Videos
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like the US assault on Iran and Hillary Clinton's Jeffery Epstein testimony.
And in part two they tackled the Warner Bros deal and the American Girl Doll collectors complaining about alleged changes to thee product.
Following Punch the Monkey going viral, his Mom (Sarah Sherman) stops by to talk about why she abandoned him.
Iran attacks and Jeffrey Epstein
Weekend Update with Michael Che and Colin Jost
SNL on the US airstrikes on Iran
Hastily-written cold open sketch
Saturday Night Live cut-for-time sketch
Secret Epstein family recipes revealed
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