The Stand moves, tours start, and Edinburgh winner hits Soho
The best of the week's live comedy
31/08/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,491 events Chortle currently has listed.
Sun 31 August 2025
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Mitchell and Webb vs Prince Andrew
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
31/08/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday September 1 IAIN STIRLING’S ROAST THE INTERNET: The comic and his guests…
Sat 30 August 2025
Winning the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' 'panel prize'
by Isabelle Adam of Comedy Club 4 Kids
30/08/2025 … Last Saturday, it was announced that Comedy Club 4 Kids had won the Victoria Wood prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Fri 29 August 2025
Tim Vine writes an anthem for Sutton United FC
29/08/2025 … Tim Vine has recorded a new football anthem for his beloved Sutton United.
Rob Beckett's Smart TV axed
Sky drops panel show after two seasons
29/08/2025 … Sky has axed Rob Beckett's Smart TV as the panel show format continues to wane.
Romesh Ranganathan's new travelogue to air next month
Comic to 'fact check' his stand-up material
29/08/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan’s latest travelogue series – in which he ‘fact-checks’ his own stand-up material – is to air on Sky next…
© Hugo Glendinning John Cleese plans a second Fawlty Towers stage show
Blending three other classic sitcom episodes
29/08/2025 … John Cleese is planning a second Fawlty Towers stage show following the success of the first.
Thu 28 August 2025
© Aly Wright Shamik Chakrabarti: Despite Appearances
Review of the visiting Indian comedian at Soho Theatre
28/08/2025 … Shamik Chakrabarti’s title, Despite Appearances, suggests we shouldn’t judge a book by a cover, but he seems to be very much the mild-mannered, easy-going…