Stewart Lee – and the Man-Wulf – start their London residency
The best of the week's live comedy
01/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,258 events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 01 December 2024
Jack Whitehall's star-studded Christmas special
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
01/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 1 SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW: Chizzy Akudolu takes over as host of the returning…
© ITV History unearthed!
Michael Palin to talk about the rediscovered Complete and Utter History of Britain
01/12/2024 … Michael Palin is to talk about a long-lost precursor to Monty Python that was finally unearthed last year He wrote and starred in six episodes of The Complete…
© BBC Mark Steel: I had a very, very lovely outcome
Comic tells Desert Island Discs about his cancer treatment and finding his birth parents
01/12/2024 … Mark Steel tells the story of discovering his birth family on today’s Desert Island Discs, describing it as ‘like something out of Netflix’.
Sat 30 November 2024
© Guy Levy/BBC 'So close to being wonderful'
Praise and criticism for Chris McCausland on Strictly's musicals week
30/11/2024 … Chris McCausland finished in the bottom half of the Strictly leaderboad again tonight - but performed much better than frequently last-placed Pete Wicks He and Dianne…
The world told Janey Godley to stay small - she did the opposite
Ashley Storrie's eulogy as her mother is laid to rest
30/11/2024 … Janey Godley, one of the greatest comedians Scotland has ever produced was laid to rest this morning at an uplifting and spiritual ceremony at St Mary's…
Fri 29 November 2024
Rob Beckett pilots new panel show
Based on confict and 'petty peeves'
29/11/2024 … Rob Beckett is hosting a run-though of a possible new panel show based around conflicts.
Peter Kay adds a 48th O2 date
Way surpassing record-holders Take That
29/11/2024 … Peter Kay has announced his 48th performance at The O2 in London.