Tim Key and Tom Basden are up for Baftas
Three nominations for The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Ballad of Wallis Island has racked up three nominations in this year’s…
Geoff Norcott’s Radio 4 show to return
Geoff Norcott’s Working Men’s Club …
James Acaster hits the big screen
James Acaster’s last tour is to be screened in…
Nish Kumar announces 2026 tour
Nish Kumar is heading back on the road with a new stand-up…
Meet the five comics set to be the 'Next Big Thing' of 2026
Five stand-up comedians have been nominated for the…
Tom Allen is to join the West End spoof Titanique this…
John Finnemore to write a Traitors live show
Comedy writer John Finnemore is penning a live show…
Russell Brand to face a US court this year
Russell Brand will face a jury in the US later this year. The former comedian…
New tours for Judi Love, Mo Gilligan and Matt Forde
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,608 events Chortle currently…
Mike Epps unveils his fifth Netflix special
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Sunday January 25 GIVE…
Tributes pour in for Susan Vale
Tributes have been paid to Susan Vale, a stalwart of the Manchester comedy…
John Bishop announces 2027 tour
John Bishop has announced a major UK and Ireland tour for spring 2027. The Liverpool-born…
Sir Lenny Henry to play Latitude
Sir Lenny Henry is to perform at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk this summer – his…
Tour news
Features
What was the name of Jamie Lee Curtis's character in Trading Places?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
The fear of nobody turning up
There’s a specific kind of terror that only comedians who put on their own…
I guess I'm usually pretty stressed about something...
Ian Smith received an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for his 2023 show Crushing…
What was the rival club in Phoenix Nights?
Test your knowledge of Phoenix Nights, as Peter Kay's sitcom celebrates its 25th…
Reviews
The Cambridge Footlights: A Very British Comedy Institution by Robert Sellers
Probably the most illustrious and best known nursery…
Leicester Square Theatre’s New Comedian Of The Year 2025
Leicester Square Theatre’s New Comedian Of The…
Live comedy picks
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Other news
Three more appointments have been announced for the…
Mark Thomas and Marcel Lucont join Also Festival
The Also Festival has unveiled its comedy programme…
Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart launch a Heated Rivalry podcast
Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart have started a daily podcast about the TV series Heated…
Lisa Clark to oversee Saturday Night Live UK
Sky has appointed former Top Gear showrunner Lisa Clark to oversee the UK remake…
York Comedy Festival announces 2026 line-up
Some of Britain's best-known comedians will perform at the one-day York Comedy…
Samantha Baines becomes patron of theatre captioning charity
Comedian Samantha Baines has been appointed patron of Stagetext, a charity that provides…
A podcast worth going out for?
Stand-up comedians Harriet Dyer, Lindsey Santoro and Amy Mason are launching a podcast…
Can you help audio comedy series get off the ground?
A new crowdfunding platform for scripted audio comedy has launched today, offering…
Punching Up
Keir Starmer mocks Emmanuel Macron at Matt Forde's gig
Between blocking potential leadership rivals and jetting off on a diplomatic mission to China, Sir Keir Starmer took a moment to poke fun at Emmanuel Macron yesterday The…
Iain Stirling: I turned down Love Island loads of times
Iain Stirling had told how he turned down being the…
Phil Ellis: I'm getting a hair transplant
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Cruz Beckham likes comic's meme about the family row
An internet comedian has found himself part of the…
Videos
Mark Bonanno is your mother’s new boyfriend in this new Aunty Donna sketch.
His colleagues in the Australian sketch troupe Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane and their co-writer Sam Lingham play the sons – and also themselves – in the scene…
Your Mother’s New Boyfriend
By Aunty Donna
SNL on Trump saying God Is 'very proud' of him
Weekend Update with Michael Che and Colin Jost
Trailer for the new Muppet Show
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By Michael Spicer