Comedy on TV and radio for Christmas 2025
Taskmaster, Mammoth, Amandaland – and the last ever Fags, Mags and Bags
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this festive week. Sunday December…
Tony Slattery's final acting job to be released
The last acting job Tony Slattery ever had is to be…
Jimmy Kimmel to deliver C4's Christmas message
US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to deliver…
The best of what's admittedly a quiet week in live…
Greg Davies: Plans are afoot for Inbetweeners comeback
Greg Davies have confirmed that plans are afoot for…
Dave Chappelle drops a surprise stand-up special
Dave Chappelle has released a surprise stand-up special. The…
David Walliams dropped by his publisher
Publisher HarperCollins UK has dropped David Walliams…
BBC responds to Robin Ince quitting Infinite Monkey Cage
The BBC has issued a formal response to Robin Ince’s decision to leave The…
232 viewers complain over James Acaster's Saturday Kitchen 'rampage'
More than 200 people have complained about James Acaster pretending to trash the…
The Christmas special of Diane Morgan’s sitcom Mandy has been pulled from…
Angela Barnes to host an Archers live tour
Angela Barnes is to host a new live tour celebrating the 75th anniversary of Radio…
Comedians do Celebrity Mastermind
The raft of comedians taking part in this year’s Celebrity Mastermind has been…
Fourth season for Have I Got News For You US
CNN has renewed the American version of Have I Got News For You for…
Tour news
Features
'This just feels worked on. feels worked on, more than 99.999 per cent of other shows'
Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London in…
What was the name of the dog Jack looked after in Still Game?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
'There's a power in choosing when to be vulnerable'
Rosie Jones has just released her debut stand-up special, Triple Threat. During a…
'I can't think of anything I enjoyed when filming this'
Rowan Atkinson says he likes playing Trevor Bingley in Netflix’s Man Vs…
Reviews
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz
Signature Brew Haggerston
from 20:00 - 22:15
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Josh Jones: I Haven’t Won The Lottery So Here’s Another Tour Show
Leeds Glee Club
Thursday 26th Feb from 19:15Book now
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The Comedy Store Players
Comedy Store
Sunday 28th Dec from 19:30
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Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!
Brighton Caroline of Brunswick
Saturday 10th Jan from 21:15Book now
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David Elms Describes a Room
Machynlleth Bowling Club
Friday 22nd May from 18:45
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Simon Evans: Staring at the Sun
Kettering Arts Centre
Saturday 10th Jan from 19:30Book now
Other news
Entries open for Best In Class 2025
Applications are open for working-class comedians to…
Leicester Square new comedian finalists named
The finalists in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian…
Who's in series 2 of Rosie Jones’s Out Of Order
Chortle can today reveal the guests taking part in the second series of Rosie Jones’s…
Sky is to air the second season of Ted, the prequel to the films about…
Paul Whitehouse stages West End benefit gig
Paul Whitehouse has put together a West End charity gig, featuring many of his…
Return of scheme to finance a debut Fringe run
A comedy producer is offering to fund one Scottish comedian’s debut at…
West End to host a Big Jewish Comedy Gala
A major West End theatre is to host a showcase for Jewish comedians following a series…
Comedy Lab Cymru returns for a third year
Applications are now open for the Comedy Lab Cymru, a development programme…
Punching Up
'I'm lost balance guy!'
Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley, has been taken to hospital after ‘splitting his head open’. The comic, who has cerebral palsy, posted an image of…
Bill Bailey joined Pete Doherty’s band Babyshambles on…
Diane's got a good feline about this...
Diane Morgan has officially become a cat lady –…
Rowan Atkinson: I got Mr Bean banned in Italy
He created a global comedy icon that has netted him…
Videos
It’s not a Christmas movie in Scotland without a handsome prince in a castle - and some top class accents.
This sketch from Greg Hemphill and Robert Florence's Queen of the New Year parodies such Hollywood stereotypes.
It returns to BBC One Scotland at 11pm on December 31.
Scottish Christmas movie accents
From Queen of the New Year
SNL's Weekend Update on the Epstein Files
And it's the annual Christmas Joke Swap
Trailer for The Sheep Detectives
With Hugh Jackman
Askmaster: Champion Of Champions 4
Meet the contestants