Second series for Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT!
Radio 4 comedy retuning in 2026
04/08/2025 … Lauren Pattison and Tom Machell are making a second series of their Radio 4 sitcom Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT! Julian Clary returns as their neighbour…
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 04 August 2025
Storming the Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard set to reopen at 7.30pm as storm batters Edinburgh
04/08/2025 … One of the biggest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe has been forced to close as the city braces itself for storm-force winds.
© Comedy Central Who's on Iain Stirling’s Roast The Internet?
Comedy Central reveals line-up
04/08/2025 … Comedy Central has unveiled the line-up of guests taking part in the new panel show Iain Stirling’s Roast The Internet.
Sun 03 August 2025
Monica Dolan joins Smoggie Queens
03/08/2025 … Monica Dolan has joined the supporting cast for the second series of the BBC's Middlesbrough-based comedy Smoggie Queens.
'A disaster for any comedian'
Edinburgh Comedy Awards boss Nica Burns on the Jewish comedians axed from their venue
03/08/2025 … Edinburgh Comedy Awards chief Nica Burns has praised the Fringe community for finding a new home for Jewish comedian Rachel Creeper after she was booted out of her…
© Matt Crockett What will Maisie Adam banish to Room 101?
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
03/08/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 5 ROOM 101: Paul Merton returns to ask celebrities to banish the things…
Meet the Slut Witch
03/08/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC Harry Hill: My stepfather's death inspired me to get into comedy
Stand-up appears on Desert Island Discs
03/08/2025 … Harry Hill says he was inspired to leave medicine to become a comedian by the death of his stepfather Tony.