Jennifer Saunders to play Harry Hill's mum
Jennifer Saunders is to play Harry Hill's mother in a new BBC sitcom. A non-broadcast…
How can you make jokes about grief?
This week's comedy on demand…Hannah Gadsby: Nanette…
All-day comedy festival cancelled
A weekend festival of comedy and music has been cancelled…
White Oxbridge comedy has not ceased to be!
The BBC is not turning its back on white Oxbridge humour,…
America’s ABC network has ordered a spinoff from…
Mortimer and Whitehouse catch 1.2million viewers
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Who's in season 10 of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
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The BBC is to air two separate documentaries featuring comedians exploring American…
Who's in the next series of Live At The BBC?
The line-up for the new series of the Live From The BBC stand-up show has been…
Ken Campbell's daughter Daisy is to perform a surreal show about what it was…
Rachel Parris and This Country duo up for breakthrough honour
Comedian Rachel Parris and This Country creators Daisy and Charlie Cooper have been…
The makers of some of the world’s most successful comedies have spoken of their…
Joe Lycett to become Mr Saturday Night
Joe Lycett is to host a new Saturday night game show for BBC One. The Time It…
Features
How safe is it to be a comedian?
Chortle today launches a major survey into the abuse and assaults comedians suffer…
Who voiced Gilbert The Alien?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster…
'It’s comforting to watch someone who’s less intelligent than you are'
What’s the show’s premise? The show is based in one of those lettings…
Do some people take the Pub Landlord seriously? I really don't care
It’s the question that’s dogged Al Murray throughout his comedy career.…
Comedy's funniest outtakes...
Pat Cahill is playing Soho Theatre in London next weekend. Here he gives us his own…
What was the name of Rik Mayall's World Cup song?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster…
Reviews
My Dad Wrote A Porno at the Royal Albert Hall
It probably wasn’t the edifying, erudite entertainment…
Chris Ramsey Live 2018: The Just Happy To Get Out of the House Tour
Chris Ramsey’s energy is apparent from the moment…
Live comedy picks
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Opinion
'Are you OK to get home?
The horrific killing of young Australian stand-up Eurydice Dixon walking home after a gig in Melbourne last week has highlighted the vulnerable position many comedians…
Hey writers, let's create the next big audience sitcom
This weekend, comedy writer Dave Cohen gave the keynote…
How the comedy establishment can help working-class comedians
There has been plenty of discussion about the lack…
How to make the perfect World Cup anthem
When it comes to football there are two things England…
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Greenwich comedy fest turns 10
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Dave Gorman’s has extended his tour With Great…
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Lebanese comic comes to London
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Felix Dexter bursary to return
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Aussie comics up for Helpmann Award
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Jason Manford plays Catchphrase
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Punching Up
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Videos
Here's the first trailer for the Netflix stand-up series The Comedy Lineup, featuring Phil Wang.
The British comic was one of 16 who recorded 15-minute sets for the streaming giant in Atlanta, Georgia, in February.
The first eight will be released on July 3, with the rest - including Aisling Bea's - coming later.
Also in the first batch are Michelle Buteau, Ian Karmel, Taylor Tomlinson, Sam Jay, Sabrina Jalees, Jak Knight and Tim Dillon
:
The Comedy Lineup trailer
With Phil Wang and others
Jim Jefferies vs Jordan Peterson
Comic challenges the controversial lecturer
Marek Larwood invesitages The Mysterious Isle.
Alex Horne's Bird of Prey Dance
Taskmaster outtake