Chortle's most-read stories of 2024
Heroes and villains of the year
30/12/2024 … Here are the most-read news stories published on Chortle this year.
Mon 30 December 2024
© Liam Pape London's West End Comedy Club closes
30/12/2024 … London’s West End Comedy Club has closed after three and a half years.
Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier
Review of the musical comic's ' new slab of noodling'
30/12/2024 … That blip of winning Strictly aside, not much changes in the world of Bill Bailey, who landed on his formula of stand-up and musical comedy skits long ago and has…
© Hungry Bear Media Meet The Beaver, The Inhaler, Hernia and Tortoise
Interviews with the comedians taking part in Celebrity Gladiators
30/12/2024 … Comedians Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor take part in a celebrity Gladiators special on New Year's Day alongside presenter Louise Minchin.
Sun 29 December 2024
© BBC/Broke & Bones Cunk's Philomeaning of life
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
29/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 29 TASKMASTER'S NEW YEAR TREAT:David James, Hannah Fry, Martin Lewis,…
© Michael Julings Victoria Wood award-winner goes on tour
The best of the week's live comedy
29/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands 6 of events Chortle currently has listed.
Flipping Nora! The Americans just don't get us...
Netflix execs thought Wallace & Gromit was obscene
29/12/2024 … The new Wallace & Gromit film did not make any concessions to the American market – despite having an international audience on Netflix.
Sat 28 December 2024
© Carla Speight Shazia Mirza writes her memoirs
28/12/2024 … Shazia Mirza is writing her memoirs about her life before becoming a comedian.