Marginalised, undervalued and harassed... life as a woman in comedy
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First look at Sam Campbell's Make That Movie
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Channel 4 renews A Comedy Thing
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Second series for Jack Whitehall's US comedy The 'Burbs
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Colin Hoult joins Adrian Mole adaptation
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Poland gets its own Taskmaster
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Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood are to host the next two episodes of Saturday…
Fourth Paddington movie announced
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Richard Herring joins indie comedy Zak The Ripper
Richard Herring has joined the cast of Zak The Ripper, a British indie comedy…
Tour news
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Features
Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews 2026
All Chortle's reviews from the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Celia…
What's the nickname of Greg Davies' character in The Cleaner?
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'You can use long words and still be a moron'
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Am I wasting my time?
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Reviews
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Live comedy picks
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Twenty Twenty Six heads to the US
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Applications open for the 2026 BBC Comedy Collective
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Punching Up
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Videos
Guy Montgomery enjoys his warm welcome on stage at the Big Four-Oh! – a celebration gala marking 40 years of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
It gets him think about the delights of being warm, the difficulties of achieving that in the shower, and the eternal battle between land and sea.
The set was recorded on Monday at the Regent Theatre for Australia’s Channel 10.
Guy Montgomery: Warm
From the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Hannah Gadsby on theatre games
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
How the show is put together
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