Kurupt FM named best comedy podcast
More accolades for Chris & Rosie Ramsey, Rob Auton and Rule Of Three
The Kurupt FM show from the People Just Do Nothing team has been name best comedy…
A big bill for a big fundraiser
Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy…
Richard Herring's radio comedy returns
The week's best comedy on TV and radio... Sunday…
Here's Chortle's daily round-up of new comedy…
Sky’s rom-com thriller Run will not be returning…
Tributes to comedy writer Richard Preddy
Tributes have been paid to comedy writer Richard Preddy,…
Scottish comedy veteran Johnny Beattie dies at 93
Glaswegian comedian Johnny Beattie has died at the…
Tom Allen’s UK travel show FINALLY comes to Channel 4
Tom Allen’s UK travel show pilot is to air on Channel 4 this December, the…
John Bishop announces 2021 tour dates
John Bishop has announced his tour dates for 2021. The performances, which had…
Sue Perkins and Guz Khan sign up to Comedy Central game show
Sue Perkins and Guz Khan are to be team captains in a celebrity game show newly commissioned…
Green light for outdoor comedy gigs
Comedy gigs can officially take place outdoors from Saturday. The latest relaxation…
Boston square named after Barry Crimmins
A Boston square has been renamed in tribute to Barry Crimmins, the activist comedian…
Bill Bailey writes a guide to happiness
Bill Bailey has written a new book about how to be happy. The title, Bill Bailey's…
Features
Disability need not be a punchline
In British television comedy, disabled people are often the butt of cheap jokes:…
In their own words, comedians describe the devastating impact of lockdown
As part of its report into how Covid-19 has decimated the comedy industry, the Live…
Comedy in crisis
The devastating effect of the coronavirus lockdown on the live comedy has been revealed…
Lockdown will reawaken a love of live stand-up
In 2016, I thought I was finished with comedy. I had been utterly obsessed with…
How many Baftas has Ricky Gervais won?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Win Code 404 on DVD
The first series of Sky’s cop comedy Code 404 has been released on DVD today…
Reviews
Today's comedy-on demand picks
Australian comic Yianni Agisilaou takes a romp through the glory days of the animated comedy. Previously performed at festivals, and now streamed via Zoom, the show asks whether an obsessive knowledge of the world's longest running cartoon embiggen one's understanding or is that unpossible?
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... including the latest Mark Thomas show and the next Marcel Lucont's Cabaret Domestique.
Other news
Eddie Izzard joins drive-in line-up
Eddie Izzard is perform a drive-in gig. The comic…
Just For Laughs pulls its Toronto comedy festival
Just For Laughs have pulled this year's JFL42 comedy…
Bill Bailey and Jason Manford to play first socially-distanced arena
Jason Manford and Bill Bailey are to be the first comedians to play what’s…
John Mulaney to make two more Sack Lunch Bunch specials
America's Comedy Central has signed up stand-up John Mulaney to produce two more…
Chris and Rosie Ramsey reschedule podcast tour
Chris and Rosie Ramsey have rescheduled their live Shagged. Married. Annoyed. podcast…
Funny Women announce more awards longlists
Funny Women have revealed the longlists for their comedy writing and comedy…
ITV appoints a new head of comedy
ITV has announced Nana Hughes as its new head of scripted comedy. The move comes…
Who's starring in the US remake of Ghosts?
The US remake of Ghosts has cast its two main characters. Utkarsh Ambudkar,…
Punching Up
How do I become invisible?
Tweets of the week A fellow producer just sent me this and I've been crying for at least 5 minutes: pic.twitter.com/gCI5qppwRp — Jess Duffy (@JessDuff_y)…
The Simpsons named Britain's favourite TV family
The Simpsons are Britain’s favourite TV family,…
As an artist, Joe Lycett has already had a sculpture…
No man needs more than one rooster...
Quote of the week " I really liked all the…
Videos
NBC has released a trailer for the 30 Rock reunion special.
In the clip, Tina Fey’s character Liz Lemon berates a man for not wearing a mask on a New York City street.
Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer also make brief appearances in the teaser.
The hour-long scripted special will air in the US at 8pm Thursday. It will be the first time the cast has been together since the series ended seven years ago.
First trailer for the 30 Rock reunion
Liz Lemon is back...
Trailer for Jack Whitehall: Only Joking
His second Netflix special, coming this month
From Chris Turner
Trailer for series 3 of The Young Offenders
Comedy returns to the BBC this month