© Ian Bowkett The night an MC told a racist joke after my set
15/07/2025 … In 2022, I wrote an article on the little incidents I’ve experienced on the circuit around race.
2025 Archives
Tue 15 July 2025
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© Prime Video Who impersonated Harry Potter on Last One Laughing?
15/07/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Richard Harrison 'Mandy? She’s learned nothing'
Diane Morgan on the return of her BBC Two comedy
15/07/2025 … A new fourth series of Diane Morgan's comedy Mandy starts Monday 21 July at 10pm on BBC Two, with all episodes available on iPlayer from 6am.
© BBC Studios/Jonathan Browning Jane Horrocks, Jamali Maddix and Stevie Martin join Here We Go
Series three guest stars revealed
15/07/2025 … Ab Fab’s Jane Horrocks and former Taskmaster contestants Jamali Maddix and Stevie Martin all have guest roles in the third series of Here We Go.
© Alexander Svensson/CC BY-SA 2.0 BBC's comedy spending falls
As broadcaster hails the success of its hits
15/07/2025 … The BBC’s TV comedy budget fell seven per cent last year, its new annual report reveals.
11th series for Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast
15/07/2025 … Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast is to return for an 11th series, it has been announced today.
'I got into comedy as my PhD was so boring'
Q&A with Chortle Hotshot Shalaka Kurup
15/07/2025 … Earlier this year, Chortle selected five Hotshots from a series of gigs around the country.
10th anniversary screening for Aaaaaaaah!
Steve Oram's cult comedy horror with Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Toyah Willcox and more
15/07/2025 … The BFI is to hold a 10th anniversary screening of cult British comedy horror film Aaaaaaaah! Featuring the Boosh duo of Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding as well…