Nigel Planer tells of cancelled satirical film
18/02/2026 … The Comic Strip planned to make a satirical film in which David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson were all Russian sleeper agents.
© Marc Brenner 'I have attempted to write as fearlessly as I can about getting older and facing the endgame'
18/02/2026 … Dawn French has written what’s being described as her ‘most ambitious’ novel yet.
Amazon's Australian comedy-crime series
18/02/2026 … Amazon has released the trailer of the second series of its Australian comedy-crime series Deadloch.
17/02/2026 … Jazz Emu is joining the manosphere's self-improvement obsession.
Review of visiting American comic's PowerPoint-led show
17/02/2026 … PowerPoint has long been part of the comedian’s toolkit, but Josh Sharp takes it to extremes, with 2,000 slides in his 75-minute show.
© Matt Crockett 17/02/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Comic might also dip his toe into new media...
17/02/2026 … Stewart Lee is starting to think about his next tour – and it could feature Morris Dancers.
With a festival in ints London venue
17/02/2026 … London’s Hoopla improv theatre is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a festival bringing together performers who appeared there early in their careers.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.