Chortle Hotshots: See who performed in Manchester
03/02/2025 … Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase in Manchester on Sunday night.
2025 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Mon 03 February 2025
Fri 31 January 2025
'They fire out comedy gold like a baseball pitching machine'
31/01/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London in the last two weeks.
Tue 28 January 2025
How much do you know about Olivia Colman's career?
28/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Merman 'She's like a Harlesden version of Madonna'
Holly Walsh on Motherland spin-off Amandaland
28/01/2025 … Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and and Philippa Dunne reprise their Motherland characters in BBC One’s new spin-off comedy Amandaland, which launches next…
Wed 22 January 2025
© Jonathan Ford / Baby Cow / Channel 4 'I'm an example of the Thatcherite model of success'
Steve Coogan on Brian and Maggie
22/01/2025 … Brian and Maggie, a two-part drama coming to Channel 4 next week, explores the breakdown of the unlikely friendship between veteran political inquisitor Brian Walden…
Tue 21 January 2025
Which film features the character Large Marge?
21/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sun 19 January 2025
A comic at the top of their game... but everybody knows that already!
19/01/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in the last two weeks.
Tue 14 January 2025
Which political figure played themselves in an episode of The New Statesman?
14/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.