All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Tributes flood in to Spinal Tap director
15/12/2025 … Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home in what police are treating as a double murder.
© Titanic Belfast/CC BY-SA 2.0 Gag about the disgraced royal tops list of topical Christmas Cracker one-liners
15/12/2025 … A joke about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor losing his titles over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has won the annual competition to find the best new Christmas…
The best of the week's live comedy
14/12/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,293 events Chortle currently has listed.
The week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
14/12/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© Darren Robinson / Alamy Barney was 'the sweetest, kindest soul'
14/12/2025 … Justin Moorhouse has announced the tragic death of his son Barney, who was in his 20s.
Comic leaves Infinite Monkey Cage after pressure from bosses
13/12/2025 … BBC bosses have forced Robin Ince to step down from Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage over his social media posts backing pro-trans and other progressive causes.
British critics harsher on the Downton Abbey spoof than the Amerians
12/12/2025 … Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall has opened in UK cinemas today, with a lukewarm response from British critics.
Scottish comedy legend was the first person to impersonate the Pope and Queen on TV
12/12/2025 … Scottish comedy legend Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
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