Tim Harding's top 20 shows of 2025
A personal rundown of the year's best live comedy
31/12/2025 … Okay let’s check the books here.
2025 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 31 December 2025
The 10 most memorable comedy gigs of 2025
...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.
Chortle's most-read stories of 2025
31/12/2025 … Here are Chortle's most-read comedy stories of 2025.
Tue 30 December 2025
© BBC/Big Talk Studios My default is to think: ‘I'm probably wrong about this’
Dawn French on her new comedy Can You Keep A Secret?
30/12/2025 … In the forthcoming BBC comedy series Can You Keep A Secret? Dawn French plays Debbie Fendon a ‘tinpot dictator’ who maintains the illusion that her husband…
How Dawn French made me cry
Interview with Simon Mayhew-Archer, writer of her new comedy, Can You Keep A Secret?
30/12/2025 … In the forthcoming BBC comedy series Can You Keep A Secret? Dawn French plays Debbie Fendon a ‘tinpot dictator’ who maintains the illusion that her husband…
Which charity did Joe Wilkinson give a speech about in Last One Laughing?
Try our trivia quiz about the comedy events of 2025
30/12/2025 … Test your knowledge of comedy in 2025 with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden…
© BBC 'Stepping onto the actual set for the first time was an especially strange experience'
Ronni Ancona on joining EastEnders, years after parodying it
30/12/2025 … Ronni Ancona is heading to EastEnder sto play Bea – Linda Carter’s acquaintance from school.
Mon 29 December 2025
'Comedy's hard... The Apprentice should be a walk in the park'
Shazia Mirza and Eddie Kadi on taking part in the celebrity edition
29/12/2025 … The Celebrity Apprentice returns to BBC One for a two-part Christmas special tonight and tomorrow – with comedians Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza among those…