© BBC Mammoth Christmas special
Review of Mike Bubbins’ festive sitcom episode
22/12/2025 … Maybe Tony Mammoth has a point, Christmas TV *was* better back in his day, mainly thanks to Morecambe and Wise.
2025 Archives
Mon 22 December 2025
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'This just feels worked on. feels worked on, more than 99.999 per cent of other shows'
Tim Harding on oseph Morpurgo's revived Soothing Sounds For Baby
22/12/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London in the last two weeks.
Scottish Christmas movie accents
22/12/2025 … It’s not a Christmas movie in Scotland without a handsome prince in a castle - and some top class accents.
Tony Slattery's final acting job to be released
His reading of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
22/12/2025 … The last acting job Tony Slattery ever had is to be released this week.
Jimmy Kimmel to deliver C4's Christmas message
'From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,' comic will say
22/12/2025 … US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to deliver The Alternative Christmas message airing on Channel 4.
Sun 21 December 2025
© BBC/Merman/Natalie Seery Comedy on TV and radio for Christmas 2025
Taskmaster, Mammoth, Amandaland – and the last ever Fags, Mags and Bags
21/12/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this festive week.
The Comedy Terrorist returns
The best of the week's live comedy
21/12/2025 … The best of what's admittedly a quiet week in live comedy, picked from the 6,331 events Chortle currently has listed.
SNL's Weekend Update on the Epstein Files
And it's the annual Christmas Joke Swap
21/12/2025 … The release of the Epstein Files provided fodder for SNL's Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che last night.