© 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.
Sun 29 December 2024
© Michael Julings 
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.
Fri 27 December 2024
The wrong room where it happens...
27/12/2024 … It was bound to happen eventually….
© BBC/Hat Trick Productions Outnumbered Christmas special
Review of the Brockmans' return after eight years
27/12/2024 … It was never going to trump the Gavin and Stacey finale , but the return of Outnumbered after eight years was still a low-key pleasure.
© BBC/Broke & Bones Charlie Brooker: We *could* do a Philomena Cunk-Black Mirror crossover
...and how Diane Morgan's character was originally supposed to be posh
27/12/2024 … Charlie Brooker says he has considered making a Black Mirror / Philomena Cunk crossover.
Thu 26 December 2024
Larry Dean on his first ever gig
26/12/2024 … Here’s Larry Dean recalling his first ever gig – and how it didn’t go well.
An Omid Djalili story with lots of ups and downs...
Could the comedian really have sparked a yo-yo craze?
26/12/2024 … An unusual snippet of comedy trivia comes via the Popbitch gossip newsletter today.