© BBC Vittorio Angelone credits podcast shout-out as a turning point
03/01/2026 … Vittorio Angelone says a generous shout-out from TV mogul Richard Osman acted as a ‘light switch moment,’ to turbocharge his career.
© Avalon / C4 Including the second US-based comedian
03/01/2026 … The names of the contestants in the next series of Taskmaster have been officially announced.
Comic took over Fox's Late Show from Joan Rivers
02/01/2026 … American stand-up and TV host John Mulrooney has died suddenly at his home in New York state at the age of 67.
© BBC Review of the new sitcom from some of the Mrs Brown's Boys team
02/01/2026 … News of a new sitcom from some of those culpable for Mrs Brown’s Boys was never going to be greeted with unalloyed joy by comedy cognoscenti.
A personal rundown of the year's best live comedy
31/12/2025 … Okay let’s check the books here.
...according to Chortle editor Steve Bennett
31/12/2025 … Here’s my annual list of the most memorable of the approximately 300 live comedy shows I saw this year, as editor of Chortle.
31/12/2025 … John Tothill and Fatiha El-Ghorri have taped a travel series around Scotland for Channel 4’s digital platforms.
31/12/2025 … Here are Chortle's most-read comedy stories of 2025.
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