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Louis CK lands a Netflix special
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Taskmaster renewed for six more series
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Eugene Mirman pulled from burning car
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Somerset House gets a comedy festival
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Romesh rang up a £2million gain
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BBC to release six comedy shorts
The BBC are launching six new comedy shorts next week. Dropping on iPlayer…
Alexei Sayle writes another memoir
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Tim Key reveals second cancer scare
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Pleasance announces 139 more Edinburgh Fringe shows
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Edinburgh Fringe venue to feature only comics from NE England
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Jack Whitehall has been unveiled as the host of next week’s Saturday Night…
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Features
Seann Walsh tells how I'm A Celebrity revived his career
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Greg Davies: Human shipwreck or middle-aged hero?
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews 2026
All Chortle's reviews from the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Lara…
Our worldbeating comedy circuit is worth celebrating
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Milton Keynes gets a comedy festival
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Videos
Meet Ian Fletcher – the former BBC and Olympics executive now charged with helping deliver a major football tournament in America.
As Twenty Twenty Six charts his efforts on BBC Two from Wendnesday, the folks in W1A have released this retrospective of his career so far:
Meet Ian Fletcher
From W1A to a major football tournament
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Helen Bauer on why she's single
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Jack Knight: Technology's gone too far
From the Melbourne International Comedy Festival