Desiree Burch unleashes her Golden Wrath
The best of the week's live comedy
28/09/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,265 events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 28 September 2025
© BBC/Baby Cow/Ollie Upton Alan Partridge returns
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
28/09/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday September 29 RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: The show returns with comedians…
Revealed: The rules Riyadh festival comics must follow
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka shares Saudi contract details
28/09/2025 … The censorship rules comedians have to follow when playing the lucrative – but controversial – Riyadh Comedy Festival have been revealed As…
Fri 26 September 2025
© ITV Rufus Hound to star in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men stage musical
Vikki Stone adapts Sir Tony Robinson’s hit children’s TV series
26/09/2025 … Rufus Hound is to star in a new stage musical based on Sir Tony Robinson’s hit children’s TV series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
© BBC Porthcawl of duty
Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs celebrate a second Welsh town
26/09/2025 … Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are to celebrate the town of Porthcawl in their second BBC Wales tribute.
Thu 25 September 2025
Nicola Mantalios wins Funny Women as Zoe
Maple Zuo and Madeleine Brettingham runners-up
25/09/2025 … Nicola Mantalios has won this year’s Funny Women stage award in the guise of her alter-ego Zoe.
© Karen Allain How Will Adamsdale tried to write a sitcom with ChatGPT
Perrier-winner tells all in new show
25/09/2025 … Former Perrier winner Will Adamsdale is to tour a new show about writing a sitcom with Chat GPT.
Fund launched to support live comedy
25/09/2025 … The Live Comedy Association has today launched a major new fund aimed to support the grassroots UK live comedy sector.