© att Crockett / Hat Trick Productions Smoggie Queens gets a second series
Phil Dunning's 'big old queer show' to return
24/03/2025 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Smoggie Queens.
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Mon 24 March 2025
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© Open Mike Manchester’s Lovely Weekend festival returns
24/03/2025 … Manchester’s A Lovely Weekend comedy festival has announced its return from June 6 to 8.
Comics take the main stage at Victorious Festival
Reflecting the 'ever-growing love for comedy'
24/03/2025 … Southsea’s Victorious Festival has announced that it will be putting comedy on its main stage this year.
BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 opens for entries
Fatiha El-Ghorri announced as head judge
24/03/2025 … The BBC New Comedy Awards has opened for entries – as it celebrates its 30th year seeking the best comedians across the UK.
Indian comedy club trashed after political joke
Now police investigate... the comedian!
24/03/2025 … A comedy club in India has been trashed after a stand-up cracked jokes about a local politician, prompting the police to order an investigation… into the…
Sun 23 March 2025
© xpectation TV/Channel4 Time for The Change
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
23/03/2025 … Our pick of the new comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday March 23 KEN DODD: A LEGACY OF HAPPINESS: This 105-minute film about the…
Dylan Moran opens Leeds's new Glee Club
The best of the week's live comedy
23/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Joe Gatto denies sexual assault
But Impractical Jokers star admits to ‘poor judgment’ over fan encounter
23/03/2025 … Impractical Jokers star Joe Gatto has denied sexually assaulting a fan but admitted ‘poor judgment’ over their encounter.