Ted Lasso IS getting a fourth series
Apple and Jason Sudeikis confirm the comeback
Ted Lasso is to return for a fourth series, Apple TV+ has confirmed. The announcement…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Our pick of the new comedy on TV, radio and streaming…
Kathy Rivett is our latest student finalist
Kathy Rivett has won the penultimate semi-final of…
Two Doors Down set for a comeback
Two Doors Down is reportedly returning to screens…
Which venues have won 2025 Chortle Awards?
We can today reveal the venue and club winners in this…
Seven comics up for Billy Connolly Award
Seven comedians have been shortlisted for this year’s…
Rachel Parris writes a Pride & Prejudice sequel
Rachel Parris has written a sequel to Pride And Prejudice, imagining what happens…
Rob Brydon to go on a 'Honky Tonk Road Trip'
He famously sang Islands In The Stream as Bryn in Gavin and Stacey – now…
Goodnight Sweetheart 'could become a play'
Goodnight Sweetheart co-creator Maurice Gran says he is working on a stage play based…
Comics to vie to be ‘Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year’
One stand-up will be able to call themselves the ‘Edinburgh Fringe Comedian…
Chris McCausland up for a Bafta
Chris McCausland’s appearance on Strictly Comes Dancing has been nominated…
Netflix deal for comic who played Donald Trump rally
The comedian who called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage at a…
Tour news
Features
'A rancid set of tragic self-loathing'
Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London…
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025: London semi-finalists
Here are the acts who took part in the two London semi-finals of the Chortle…
'You go from being a person to being treated like nothing'
When Louis Utieyin moved to Scotland to study, he took a job in a fulfilment centre…
How much do you know about Douglas Adams?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Reviews
Live comedy picks
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Musical Comedy Awards Final
Bloomsbury Theatre
Saturday 12 Apr from 19:30Book now
Gig of the day
Carl Hutchinson: Today Years Old
Sunderland The Fire Station
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William Thompson: Scumbag Millionaire
Edinburgh Monkey Barrel
Saturday 22nd Mar from 20:00Book now
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Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?
Sheffield Steel City Comedy Club
Friday 21st Mar
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The Political Party with Matt Forde
Duchess Theatre
Monday 31st Mar from 19:30Book now
Other news
Second issue for comedy magazine Chaff
Alternative comedy magazine Chaff has published its…
Kevin Bishop: I'm an alcoholic
Comedian Kevin Bishop has revealed his struggles with…
Here are the first images from Deep Cover, the new comedy starring Jurassic…
Not Going Out and Beyond Paradise are to be mashed up for a Comic Relief Sketch. Sally…
Matt Forde becomes cancer charity ambassador
Matt Forde has become an ambassador for the Bone Cancer Research Trust It…
Phil Wang to host Bafta Games Awards again
Phil Wang is to host the Bafta Games Awards for the second year running. The comic…
Comics announced for Teenage Cancer Trust fundraiser
The full line-up of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust comedy gig at the Royal Albert…
Glee's Leeds venue to open on March 28
The new Leeds branch of The Glee comedy club will open on March 28, it has been announced. Opening…
Punching Up
Tommy Cooper's fez fetches £7k
Another of Tommy Cooper’s fezzes has sold at auction for £7,000 - more than twice its estimate. The hat is believed to be the last one owned by the…
How Last One Laughing plays to comedians' strengths
In Amazon’s Last One Laughing, comedians are…
It's Monty Python, the role-playing game
It’s probably a decent sized Venn diagram overlap…
The owner of London’s Top Secret comedy club…
Videos
Here’s Stuart Laws telling a ‘grim fairytale’ about a nightmare job in Leeds.
The night ended with him dressed as a wolf in sub-zero temperatures, getting harassed by a hen do at a Christmas market as a ballet took place next to him.
And yes there is some footage…
Stuart Laws's grim fairytale
A visit to Leeds didn't go to plan
Trailer for The Change series two
Bridget Christie’s comedy returns
Pierre Novellie uses food as a reward
From Comedy Central Live
Weekend Update on America picking a fight with Canada
With Colin Jost and Michael Che