All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© John Stead Comic to host comedy podcast of sexy stories
30/07/2025 … Katherine Ryan is to host the next series of a podcast in which two comedian guests write erotic stories about each other.
© Andy Hollingworth Cash prize for every ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award thanks to sponsors
30/07/2025 … Rhod Gilbert and Patrick Monahan have both stumped up prizes for this year’s ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Which festival shows will be streamed?
30/07/2025 … Streaming service NextUp has announced its Edinburgh Fringe line-up.
29/07/2025 … Ruth Jones and James Corden have announced an ‘in conversation’ with event about Gavin & Stacey.
© David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Pink Panther movies rebooted again
29/07/2025 … Eddie Murphy is to play hapless Inspector Clouseau in a new Pink Panther movie.
First 'New Woman Comedian of the Year' winner
29/07/2025 … Madeleine Brettingham has won the inaugural West End New Woman Comedian of the Year title.
Comic cannot leave the country while shoplifting case is investigated
29/07/2025 … Comedian Cerys Nelmes is facing up to three years in a Turkish prison on shoplifting charges.
75 per cent say Jewish comic should not have been axed
28/07/2025 … Chortle readers believe Edinburgh Fringe venues were wrong to cancel Jewish comedian Philip Simon by a margin of three to one.
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