Meet the British Comedian of the Year 2025 finalists
The best of the week's live comedy
30/11/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,207 events Chortle currently has listed.
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© Jack Margerison The comedian trying to reinvent the Christmas cracker
Fin Taylor's making his own... complete with edgy jokes
28/11/2025 … Every year, 154 million Christmas crackers are sold in Britain - filled with bad puns and plastic tat.
Trailer for Stuffed
Starring Guz Khan and Morgana Robinson
28/11/2025 … Here's the trailer for Stuffed, a modern-day Christmas caper coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One next month.
Sherlock Holmes And The 12 Days Of Christmas
Humphrey Ker and David Reed's affectionate parody, with songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber
28/11/2025 … The headline news about Sherlock Holmes And The 12 Days Of Christmas is that it marks a rare new collaboration between Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, 49 years…
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges announces 2026 tour
Forst 44 dates for Here If You Need Me
28/11/2025 … Kevin Bridges has announced a 2026 tour of a new stand-up show, Here If You Need Me.
Peter Kay: I wouldn't put Phoenix Nights on Netflix as I didn't want a trigger warning
But comic reveals he HAS written a film based on the sitcom
28/11/2025 … Peter Kay has revealed that he blocked Phoenix Nights from streaming on Netflix because it’s ‘not very politically correct’.
Reg Varney's memorabilia under the hammer
Including his script for the 1971 On The Buses movie
28/11/2025 … Memorabilia from On The Buses star Reg Varney is going under the hammer.
Remembering Barry
Fundraising gig to finance film celebrating his favourite jokes
28/11/2025 … Comedy stars are to reminisce about Barry Cryer at a fundraising event to finish a film paying tribute to him.