All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
For the culmination of the city's comedy festival
10/02/2026 … The judging panel has been announced for this year’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, with broadcaster Edith Bowman and Still Game co-creator Greg…
09/02/2026 … Griff Rhys Jones is teaming up with rock keyboard legend Rick Wakeman for a new podcast called The Sound Of The Seventy Year Olds.
Remakes in development Stateside
09/02/2026 … America could soon have their own versions of BBC comedies Here We Go and Mammoth.
Susie McCabe heads Assembly line-up so far
09/02/2026 … The first tickets for Edinburgh Fringe 2026 are going on sale this week.
Comics in next series of BBC faith show
08/02/2026 … Comedians Hasan Al-Habib and Ashley Blaker are taking part in the next series of Pilgrimage.
The best of the week's live comedy
08/02/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,391 events Chortle currently has listed.
The week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
08/02/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
08/02/2026 … USA: A comic dropped from a Minnesota comedy club after joking about the killing of Renee Good in the state is demanding compensation.
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