Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
© Owl Power Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the return of Gone Fishing... and the loss of their dog
22/10/2026 … Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns for a ninth series at 9pm on Sunday on BBC Two and iPlayer, with Bob and Paul travelling from Shetland to Hampshire…
We launch petition as listeners protest BBC axe
21/10/2026 … Chortle has launched a petition to save Radio 4 Extra as comedians, writers, producers and broadcasters stepped up to criticise the BBC’s decision to axe the…
20/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Laurence Rickard on the sitcom's film adaptation, writing on Amandaland and more...
14/10/2026 … Laurence Rickard wrote Ghosts with Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick and Ben Willbond, the team that first began working together on…
© BBC 13/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Prime Video Q&As with all the Last One Laughing Halloween contestants
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty on Last One Laughing Halloween
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
© Nit TV Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou on the return of their sketch show
13/10/2026 … Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show returns to BBC Two and iPlayer next Wednesday, four years after the last series.
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