James Corden and Ruth Jones announce Gavin & Stacey event
29/07/2025 … Ruth Jones and James Corden have announced an ‘in conversation’ with event about Gavin & Stacey.
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Tue 29 July 2025
© David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Eddie Murphy to play Inspector Clouseau
Pink Panther movies rebooted again
29/07/2025 … Eddie Murphy is to play hapless Inspector Clouseau in a new Pink Panther movie.
Madeleine Brettingham scoops West End comedy title
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.
Cerys Nelmes faces three years in Turkish jail
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.
Mon 28 July 2025
You say Edinburgh Fringe venue was wrong to cancel Philip Simon
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.
© BBC League Of Gentlemen reunite for radio play
Jeremy Dyson writes comedy-drama to star his old colleagues
28/07/2025 … The League Of Gentlemen have reunited for a new Radio 4 comedy-drama.
Sun 27 July 2025
Tom Lehrer dies at 97
Tributes paid to satirical genius
27/07/2025 … Tributes have been paid to musical satirist Tom Lehrer, following his death at 97.
Edinburgh venue: Why we cancelled Jewish comedian
Banshee Labyrinth cites Philip Simon's tweets
27/07/2025 … One of the venues that cancelled Jewish comedian Philip Simon say they pulled his Edinburgh Fringe run for ‘associating with discriminatory groups’ Banshee…