Just 12 days in, and I might have already seen the best comedy show of 2026
12/01/2026 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London.
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Mon 12 January 2026
Wed 07 January 2026
Margaret Cho on substance abuse, body shaming and escaping an abusive relationship
Comic's very frank podcast interview
07/01/2026 … Margaret Cho has opened up about substance abuse, becoming sober, escaping an abusive relationship and body shaming in a deeply personal interview.
Tue 06 January 2026
What was the name of the follow-up to M*A*S*H?
06/01/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Wed 31 December 2025
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.
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…