The Skewer goes live
Festival gig for Jon Holmes's Radio 4 show, and the rest of the week's live comedy
24/07/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sun 24 July 2022
Comedians to take part in the Commonwealth Games*
24/07/2022 … Comedians Darren Harriott, Russell Kane, Tom Rosenthal and Suzi Ruffell are to take to part in a celebrity version of the Commonwealth Games.
James Acaster, Jamali Maddix and Matt Forde take British Podcast Awards
...but the night belongs to Dame Deborah James,
24/07/2022 … James Acaster and Jamali Maddix took home gongs at the British podcast awards last night.
Sat 23 July 2022
The Horne Section at Latitude
Alex Horne and his band at the Suffolk festival
23/07/2022 … So the bullied becomes the bully and the cycle continues… OK, that’s overstating it.
Russell Howard at Latitude 2022
Gig review from the Suffolk festival
23/07/2022 … Life’s already pretty good if you’re spending a sunny weekend at the Latitude festival, but Russell Howard made it all the more joyful with a giddily…
Fri 22 July 2022
Ten Edinburgh Fringe acts who are big online
22/07/2022 … Can social media success translate into success in the real world? Coming out of lockdown more viral creators than ever are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe to try…
Adrian Edmondson to star as Scrooge
22/07/2022 … Adrian Edmondson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Christmas Carol.
© BBC Studios Ladhood to end after third series
Goodbye to Liam Williams' coming-of-age comedy
22/07/2022 … Liam William’s BBC Three comedy Ladhood is coming to an end after three series.