© Stuart Hogben Live at the marquees
In-tents comedy... and the rest of the week's best live gigs
20/07/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 20 July 2025
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© BBC/Richard Harrison Mandy and Here We Go both return
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
20/07/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday July 21 MANDY: Diane Morgan's alter-ego returns for a fourth series of job-related…
Tina Fey and Charlie Brooker join Edinburgh TV Festival.
With Munya Chawawa delivering the alternative MacTaggart lecture,
20/07/2025 … Tina Fey, Charlie Brooker and Munya Chawawa have joined the speakers at next month’s Edinburgh TV Festival.
Fri 18 July 2025
© Expectation/C4 The Change is over
A ‘huge blow’ as Channel 4 drops Bridget Christie comedy
18/07/2025 … Channel 4 has dropped Bridget Christie’s comedy The Change, despite the comedian’s plans to end the story with a third series.
AXED: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Critics say cancellation was a political sop to Donald Trump
18/07/2025 … American comedy talk show institution The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is to end in May, the CBS network has unexpectedly announced.
Thu 17 July 2025
© C4 Meet the comics on C4's A Comedy Thing
Line-up and formats for new digital channel announced
17/07/2025 … Channel 4 has revealed the comedians and formats to feature on its new digital channel dedicated to comedy.
Joan Rivers documentary to feature previously unaired footage
Filmmakers granted access to comic's archive
17/07/2025 … A major new documentary about Joan Rivers will tap into hundreds of hours of previously unheard comedy recordings.
Two Doors Down to return
Christmas special two years after the last series aired
17/07/2025 … Two Doors Down is to return with a new Christmas special, the BBC has announced today.