© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan to host Would You Rather? quiz show
New project for Amazon's Prime Video
09/10/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new reality series for Amazon’s Prime Video.
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© Sonny Malhotra Clash Of The Comics to air on U&Dave
Comedians' wrestling clashes coming to TV for the first time
09/10/2025 … Clash Of The Comics – in which comedians wrestle with each other and pros – is to air to U&Dave.
Wed 08 October 2025
Andrew Maxwell plays Riyadh Comedy Festival
...as Omid Djalili explains his decision to play Saudi
08/10/2025 … Andrew Maxwell has become the latest British-based comic to play the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle can reveal.
Sex Lives Of The Potato Men: The TV series?
Creator mooted plans to revive one of the most-slated British comedy films ever
08/10/2025 … It was one of the most roundly slated British comedy films ever – yet plans have been floated to turn Sex Lives Of The Potato Men into a TV series.
© Netflix Release date set for Man vs Baby
...and here are the first images from Rowan Atkinson's new comedy
08/10/2025 … Rowan Atkinson’s new series Man vs Baby will launch on Netflix on December 11, the streamer has announced.
Romesh Ranganathan to make his West End debut
'‘I understand the thing about overexposure...'
08/10/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is to make his West End debut, starring in an Alan Ayckbourn play.
Tue 07 October 2025
© Eva Rinaldi via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 Stop making AI versions of Robin Williams, his daughter pleads
'You're making hotdogs out of the lives of human beings'
07/10/2025 … Robin Williams’s daughter Zelda Williams has asked people to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father, ‘Please, just stop sending me AI…
Aberdeen Comedy Festival hailed a success
16,000 tickets sold, boosting local business
07/10/2025 … The Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been hailed a success after 16,000 tickets were issued to 40 gigs across the Granite City.