Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart launch a Heated Rivalry podcast
Daily analysis of the show about gay hockey players
26/01/2026 … Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart have started a daily podcast about the TV series Heated Rivalry.
2026 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 26 January 2026
© Aemen Sukkar Tom Allen boards Titanique
Comic to appear in West End spoof
26/01/2026 … Tom Allen is to join the West End spoof Titanique this autumn.
© Matt Writtle John Finnemore to write a Traitors live show
'Bold and surprising’ theatrical experience opening in London next year
26/01/2026 … Comedy writer John Finnemore is penning a live show based on The Traitors.
Sun 25 January 2026
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Russell Brand to face a US court this year
Another hearing on top of UK trial
25/01/2026 … Russell Brand will face a jury in the US later this year.
© Aemen Sukkar / Jiksaw New tours for Judi Love, Mo Gilligan and Matt Forde
25/01/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,608 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Netflix Mike Epps unveils his fifth Netflix special
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
25/01/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Fri 23 January 2026
Tributes pour in for Susan Vale
Former stalwart of the Manchester comedy circuit dies from lung cancer
23/01/2026 … Tributes have been paid to Susan Vale, a stalwart of the Manchester comedy circuit of the late 1990s, following her death from lung cancer.
Lisa Clark to oversee Saturday Night Live UK
Credits includ Vic & Bob, Top Gear and My Dad Wrote A Porno
23/01/2026 … Sky has appointed former Top Gear showrunner Lisa Clark to oversee the UK remake of Saturday Night Live.