Celebrating women in comedy (but not in Southport)
27/09/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,361 events Chortle currently has listed.
2026 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 27 September 2026
© Channel 4 A flatshare comedy like no other
The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
27/09/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Sat 26 September 2026
© BBC Katherine Ryan apologises for Victoria Beckham gag
Comic points out she was presenting HIGNFY just days after giving brith
26/09/2026 … Katherine Ryan has responded to the storm over her Victoria Beckham joke – suggesting it may have been down to presenting Have I Got News For You just…
Fri 25 September 2026
© Channel 4 / Ana Blumenkron New images from C4's new comedy It Gets Worse
Created by and starring Leo Reich
25/09/2026 … Channel 4 has released new images from Leo Reich’s forthcoming comedy It Gets Worse.
Blue plaque to honour Desmond's place in history
Marker for the location of Channel 4's groundbreaking sitcom
25/09/2026 … The building used as the exterior of Desmond’s is set to get a blue plaque to mark its place in black cultural history.
© Bardha Krasniqi Kiell Smith-Bynoe records his Kool Story Bro improv show
25/09/2026 … Kiell Smith-Bynoe’s improv show Kool Story Bro is being recorded as a special.
© BBC / Terrible Productions / Various Artists Ltd Dexter Procter up for an International Emmy
As is Rowan Atkinson’s Man Vs Baby
25/09/2026 … Dexter Procter: The Ten-Year-Old Doctor has been shortlisted for the International Emmy for best live action children’s TV show.
Thu 24 September 2026
© BBC Have I Got News For You rapped over Victoria Beckham joke
Katherine Ryan's C-bomb reference was 'gratuitous'
24/09/2026 … Have I Got News for You has been reprimanded over a Katherine Ryan joke about Victoria Beckham.