Tim Harding's top 20 shows of 2025
A personal rundown of the year's best live comedy
31/12/2025 … Okay let’s check the books here.
2025 Archives
Wed 31 December 2025
The 10 most memorable comedy gigs of 2025
...according to Chortle editor Steve Bennett
31/12/2025 … Here’s my annual list of the most memorable of the approximately 300 live comedy shows I saw this year, as editor of Chortle.
John Tothill and Fatiha El-Ghorri make a Scottish travelogue
31/12/2025 … John Tothill and Fatiha El-Ghorri have taped a travel series around Scotland for Channel 4’s digital platforms.
Chortle's most-read stories of 2025
31/12/2025 … Here are Chortle's most-read comedy stories of 2025.
Tue 30 December 2025
The moment Cally Beaton was robbed in London
Comedian shares CCTV footage in hope of stopping more thefts
30/12/2025 … Cally Beaton has shared CCTV footage of thieves stealing her bag from beneath her table as she caught up with a friend in a London restaurant yesterday.
© BBC/Big Talk Studios My default is to think: ‘I'm probably wrong about this’
Dawn French on her new comedy Can You Keep A Secret?
30/12/2025 … In the forthcoming BBC comedy series Can You Keep A Secret? Dawn French plays Debbie Fendon a ‘tinpot dictator’ who maintains the illusion that her husband…
How Dawn French made me cry
Interview with Simon Mayhew-Archer, writer of her new comedy, Can You Keep A Secret?
30/12/2025 … In the forthcoming BBC comedy series Can You Keep A Secret? Dawn French plays Debbie Fendon a ‘tinpot dictator’ who maintains the illusion that her husband…
Which charity did Joe Wilkinson give a speech about in Last One Laughing?
Try our trivia quiz about the comedy events of 2025
30/12/2025 … Test your knowledge of comedy in 2025 with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden…