Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025: Nottingham semi-final
Watch extracts from all the sets
06/03/2025 … Here are the acts who have taken part in this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award so far this year.
2025 Archives
Thu 06 March 2025
© Pamela Raith Why do we still love these three old comedians so much?
By Paul Hendy, writer of West End show The Last Laugh
06/03/2025 … Just a few weeks ago, Robbie Williams confessed that he cried ‘happy, childlike tears’ after making the winning bid for Eric Morecambe's glasses…
You're hired! Shazia Mirza and Eddie Kadi set for The Apprentice
Celebrity edition to mark 20 years of Lord Sugar's show
06/03/2025 … Shazia Mirza and Eddie Kadi are to appear in a celebrity version of The Apprentice.
Wed 05 March 2025
Meet the second Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist
Fred Carver wins in Nottingham
05/03/2025 … Warwick university student Fred Carver has become the second Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist, after winning his semi at Nottingham Trent University last night, The…
Trump and Zelensky play cards
From CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes
05/03/2025 … This probably won't help the US-Canada relations that are already under strain from Donald Trump's tariffs.
Michael Redmond gets turned into a coffee shop
Trailer for an absurd short film
05/03/2025 … Here's the trailer for a new short absurdist comedy starring stand-up Michael Redmond as a pensioner who wakes up to find his local council are about to turn…
Catherine Bohart launches party podcast
To help Comic Relief celebrate its 40th birthday
05/03/2025 … Catherine Bohart is to host a new podcast for Comic Relief.
© Mike Marsland/Getty Images Steve Carell joins Jesse Armstrong new project
Succession creator sticks with the billionaires
05/03/2025 … Steve Carrell has been cast in the first feature film to be directed by Succession and Peep Show creator Jesse Armstrong.