The comics carrying Billy Connolly's spirit
Glasgow comedy festival announces award shortlist
Five performers – and one promoter – have been shortlisted for this year’s…
Plans to erect a statue of comedian Roy Hudd outside…
What a week! Last One Laughing and SNL UK
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Kat Higgins has become the latest comedian to join…
Family Guy's Stewie gets his own spin-off show
Family Guy’s smart-talking evil genius toddler…
The British version of Saturday Night Live is to air…
Rhys James 'comes up with a way to fix the whole country'
Rhys James has announced a 40-date stand-up tour for 2026 and 2027. The blurb…
John Tothill to tape a Radio 4 stand-up show
John Tothill is to record a stand-up show for Radio 4. John Tothill Forgives…
Matt Berry to be the voice of the Oscars
Matt Berry is to be the voice of this year's Oscars ceremony. The disembodied…
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd named as comedy's Next Big Thing
Glasgow-based comedian Christopher Macarthur-Boyd has been announced as the winner…
Amy Gledhill's comedy 'being developed into a series'
Amy Gledhill’s comedy pilot Toads is being developed into a full series, it…
Dara Ó Briain to celebrate the dull
Dara Ó Briain is piloting a new comedy show celebrating the nation’s…
Tour news
Features
Watch the Chortle Hotshots hopefuls in Birmingham
Here are the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots Class of 2026 showcase…
Is comedy outside the London bubble ignored?
In an interview for this website yesterday, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd told me: ‘I…
'The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are a morally bankrupt enterprise that add nothing to the Fringe'
Christopher Macathur-Boyd was yesterday announced as winner of the Next Big…
What is the name of Alan Partridge's first wife?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Reviews
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy at Underbelly Boulevard
Directly mining grief and other traumas for comedy…
Live comedy picks
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Pain in the neck? You need a laugh
Watching TV comedy can halve the agony of chronic head…
Bath club stages 12-hour comedy marathon
A Bath comedy club is staging a 12-hour stand-up marathon. The…
Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2026 award winners
Leicester Comedy Festival has announced this year’s award winners, honouring…
Applications open for £5,000 Fringe grants
Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping…
An astronomy researcher has picked up the title for ‘best clean joke of last…
Entries have opened for this year’s Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest. The…
Hastings Comedy Festival announces 2026 line-up
The Hastings Comedy Festival is returning for its 11th year, with more than…
Nick Mohammed to host the Olivier Awards
Nick Mohammed will host this year's Olivier Awards, the 50th anniversary…
Punching Up
Jennifer Saunders: Dawn French and I bought ecstasy together
Jennifer Saunders has revealed she and Dawn French once bought an ecstasy tablet to share – but it didn’t quite go to plan. Speaking on the first…
Going loco for the Glasgow comedy festival
Comedian Kate Hammer has got train passengers to take…
Harry Enfield: Why the police thought I was a ‘narcissistic wanker’
Harry Enfield believes his local police force think…
Ghosts team tease a return to Button House
Is Ghosts returning? The cast took to social media…
Videos
Jack Whitehall has made a trailer for his new tour – parodying porn star Bonnie Blue's exploits.
The comic says he wanted to tell jokes to 1,000 people in 24 hours in a 'gagathon' – disappointing the line of men in blue balaclavas apparently expecting something else entirely...
Jack Whitehall's tour trailer
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Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che
SNL's cold open
First look at Larry David's new sketch series
History-themed show coming to HBO