All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Comedian shares CCTV footage in hope of stopping more thefts
30/12/2025 … Cally Beaton has shared CCTV footage of thieves stealing her bag from beneath her table as she caught up with a friend in a London restaurant yesterday.
Social media posts landed comic in trouble
30/12/2025 … Dom Joly says he has been denied entry to the US because of his social media posts.
Plus a knighthood for Roy Clarke
29/12/2025 … Bill Bailey, Meera Syal, Matt Lucas and Paul Chuckle are among those honoured in the new year’s list.
And of causing offence, comic says: 'Do I regret anything? No'
29/12/2025 … Whenever he faces a backlash for his jokes against the likes of trans people, Ricky Gervais has always been very insistent that no topic is off-bounds for comedy.
Festive 1962 sktech was never made
29/12/2025 … The script for an unmade Steptoe and Son Christmas sketch has been unearthed in the archives.
© Channel 4/Avalon The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
28/12/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© Marc Brenner 28/12/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,239 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC/Merman/Natalie Seery Good showing for Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel too
26/12/2025 … The Amandaland Christmas special and Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel made the top ten most popular TV shows on Christmas Day.
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