2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 05 September 2025
Cancelled Jewish comics get London gigs
JW3 welcomes acts dropped by their Fringe venues
05/09/2025 … The two Jewish comedians who made headlines when their Edinburgh Fringe venues pulled their gigs are to perform their cancelled shows in London.
© BBC/Big Talk Studios/Olly Courtney Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford join Ludwig
05/09/2025 … Catastrophe actor Mark Bonnar, Fleabag’s Sian Clifford and The Pin’s Ben Ashenden are to join detective series Ludwig, the BBC has announced Filming…
Thu 04 September 2025
© Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Graham Linehan's harassment trial starts
04/09/2025 … Graham Linehan appeared in court today charged with harassment and criminal damage against a transgender teenager.
Comics take the Saudi coin
Whitehall, Carr, Djalili and Jimeoin head to Riyadh Comedy Festival
04/09/2025 … Jimmy Carr, Omid Djalili, Jack Whitehall and Jimeoin are to play the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival next month.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan: Racists have threatened my family
As comic vows he'll keep mocking asylum hotel protesters
04/09/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan has called out racists who've threatened his family after he made jokes about asylum seeker hotel protesters.
Wed 03 September 2025
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Mitchell & Webb break C4's C-bomb record
Sketch show becomes the broadcaster's sweariest programme
03/09/2025 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s new sketch show contains more C-bombs than any other Channel 4 show, The broadcaster’s chief content officer, Ian…
Chaff comedy magazine seeks contributors
03/09/2025 … Alternative comedy magazine Chaff is inviting submissions of its fourth edition.