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© Patrick Olner How to get free tickets for the Bradford climax
08/09/2025 … The BBC has announced that the final of its 2025 New Comedy Awards will be taking place at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre on October 17.
Huge raft of new shows, pilots, stand-up specials and recommissions announced
08/09/2025 … Radio 4 has announced a new slate of comedy commissions from Omid Djalili, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Alistair Green, Slim, Ayoade Bamgboye and Pierre Novellie and more.
The best of the week's live comedy
07/09/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,006 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Channel 4/Avalon The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
07/09/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday September 8 PETER SELLERS AT SEA: On what would have been the 100th birthday of…
© Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Crowdfunder raises £150,000 for his lawyers' fees
07/09/2025 … Graham Linehan has returned to X after the Free Speech Union campaigned to have his bail conditions loosened.
© RTS/Tim Whitby Bid to recreate the Gavin & Stacey magic
06/09/2025 … Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones are reportedly working on a new comedy-drama for Apple TV+.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Father Ted writer gives evidence in his harassment trial
05/09/2025 … Father Ted creator Graham Linehan told police he threw a teenage trans activist's phone into the road because she taunted him over his divorce.
Can one contestant beat the Wisdom Of The Crowd?
05/09/2025 … John Bishop is to host a new quiz-based entertainment show for BBC One.
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