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Comic also tells Louis Theroux about enjoying his own freedom of speech to make transgressive jokes
16/12/2025 … Jimmy Carr has broken his silence about performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival this autumn.
16/12/2025 … Matt King is writing a memoir in the guise of his Peep Show character Super Hans.
73 years after the first novel, St Swithin's medical students cause chaos again
16/12/2025 … The enduring comedy of Doctor In The House is to have a new incarnation as a podcast.
16/12/2025 … Jerry Seinfeld has paid tribute to Rob Reiner – revealing how his hugely successful sitcom would never have been made without his faith in the show.
David Jason says clips 'reminded me just how special the show was'
16/12/2025 … Unseen footage from Only Fools And Horses is to air in a U&Gold documentary next year.
15/12/2025 … Chortle can today reveal the guests taking part in the second series of Rosie Jones’s comedy panel show Out Of Order.
Critics' Circle recognition for The Ballad of Wallis Island.
15/12/2025 … Tom Basden and Tim Key are up for more film awards for their comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 As Donald Trump makes vile comments
15/12/2025 … Nick Reiner – the son of Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele – has been arrested after the couple were found…
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