Ed Gamble and Suzi Ruffell join The Traitors: Live
One-off live experience for Comic Relief
01/09/2025 … Ed Gamble and Suzi Ruffell have joined the cast of the one-off Traitors live experience, raising money for Comic Relief.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 01 September 2025
Sun 31 August 2025
John Robins writes a book about his alcoholism
31/08/2025 … John Robins has written a memoir about his alcoholism.
The Stand moves, tours start, and Edinburgh winner hits Soho
The best of the week's live comedy
31/08/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,491 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Mitchell and Webb vs Prince Andrew
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
31/08/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday September 1 IAIN STIRLING’S ROAST THE INTERNET: The comic and his guests…
Fri 29 August 2025
Rob Beckett's Smart TV axed
Sky drops panel show after two seasons
29/08/2025 … Sky has axed Rob Beckett's Smart TV as the panel show format continues to wane.
Romesh Ranganathan's new travelogue to air next month
Comic to 'fact check' his stand-up material
29/08/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan’s latest travelogue series – in which he ‘fact-checks’ his own stand-up material – is to air on Sky next…
© Hugo Glendinning John Cleese plans a second Fawlty Towers stage show
Blending three other classic sitcom episodes
29/08/2025 … John Cleese is planning a second Fawlty Towers stage show following the success of the first.
Thu 28 August 2025
The Tony Hancock episode too offensive for TV
Comic's show will go out on YouTube to avoid the regulators
28/08/2025 … A Tony Hancock show unseen for almost 70 years is to be released on YouTube after being deemed too offensive to air on regular TV.