All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Elf Lyons funds a new category of the ISH awards
07/07/2025 … Technicians who run the sound and lights for Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows are to be honoured with their own award for the first time this year.
The best of the week's live comedy
06/07/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
06/07/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday July 7 I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE: Returns for its 83rd(!) series with…
Monty Python star back on stage in his Sheffield hometown
05/07/2025 … Michael Palin performed a deleted scene from Life Of Brian yesterday, the first time he has delivered Monty Python material on stage in his Sheffield hometown for…
Starting with Suzi Ruffell’s Snappy
04/07/2025 … Stand-up specials from some of Britain’s top comics are to be aired on BBC Sounds.
Watch the teaser of the new short-form series
04/07/2025 … Spitting Image is to return – this time as a YouTube series called The Rest Is Bullshit.
© ITV 04/07/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to be honoured with an outstanding achievement award, at this year’s Edinburgh TV festival for ‘a career that has helped shape…
03/07/2025 … The contestants for series 20 of Taskmaster have been announced.
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