Katherine Ryan: I've had a second skin cancer diagnosis
After doctor told her mole was 'nothing to worry about'
21/03/2025 … Katherine Ryan has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer for a second time.
Fri 21 March 2025
Shalaka Kurup becomes a bonus Chortle Hotshot
Comic secures a place on our bursary scheme
21/03/2025 … Shalaka Kurup has joined the ranks of this year’s Chortle Hotshots, tipped for good things at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Improv pioneer Peter Wear dies at 81
Obituary of a linchpin from the early days of alternative comedy
21/03/2025 … Peter Wear – a pioneer of the British improv comedy scene and early performer on the alternative cabaret circuit – has died at the age of…
Former cult leader reveals how he escaped needy followers
21/03/2025 … Cults treat you like a family, but are – in fact – a prison, as Glensard Handswith describes here.
New venture for Joe Lycett’s TV producers
mily Hudd and Iain Wimbush set up Bango Studios
21/03/2025 … The producers behind Joe Lycett’s TV projects have launched a new production company.
Sky confirms Poker Face return
Natasha Lyonne comedy-drama back in May
21/03/2025 … Sky has announced that the acclaimed US comedy-drama Poker Face returns to air on May 9.
If Peep Show was set in 2025, part 2
Finlay Christie follows up his viral sketch
21/03/2025 … Finally Christie has released a second instalment of his videos imaging what Peep Show would be like if it were made after the first went viral.
Edinburgh Fringe advertising on Chortle
21/03/2025 … Advertising bookings are now being taken on Chortle for the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe.