Red Dwarf prequel coming soon
Novel set before the accident that wiped out the ship's crew
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Stewart Lee: I want Morris dancers on my next tour
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Scots Squad star Darren Connell pulls tour
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Minister to meet comedy industry reps
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Fatiha El-Ghorri reveals her cancer surgery
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Jack Whitehall announces 2027 tour
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Alasdair Beckett-King embarks on his epic nomadic quest (aka 'tour')
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Rosie Holt pens a play about Churchill’s Urinal
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Munya Chawawa to play Bottom in a rave-era Shakespeare adaptation
Munya Chawawa is to make his stage acting debut, playing Bottom in a rave-based…
America's Upright Citizens Brigade to offer UK improv classes
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Janine Harouni makes the final of Netflix Star Search
Janine Harouni has made it to the final of Netflix talent show Star Search. The…
Channel 4 to launch Spotify comedy channel
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Features
What role is Alan Carr playing in a new Pixar movie?
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Apply for Chortle's Hotshots scheme 2026
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'Comforting but grotesque'
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Ableism is alive and well in comedy
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Videos
Jazz Emu is joining the manosphere's self-improvement obsession.
For his latest track – Improving Myself – the musical comic embraces the world of protein shakes, microsleeps and fitness tracker apps.
But then it takes a turn for the weird when he visits a cyber truck dealership.
Jazz Emu's next – as yet untitled – album is out on March 4 here.
Improving Myself
by Jazz Emu
Mock The Week on Morgan McSweeney and Elon Musk
Clips from this weekend's episode
By Harris Alterman
Scrubs revival: The full trailer
Launching in the US on February 25