All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Retired factory worker takes part in Glasgow comedy festival scheme
06/04/2026 … Here’s 88-year-old Marie McLaren performing stand-up for the first time, after part in a Glasgow International Comedy Festival scheme.
© BBC The week's best comedy on TV and radio
05/04/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
The best of the week's live comedy
05/04/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Comic 'on the mend' after being pulled from burning car
03/04/2026 … Eugene Mirman says he’s ‘on the mend’ after being pulled from a burning car earlier this week.
Punters were sent abusive texts and had personal details exposed
03/04/2026 … A comedy club run by stand-up Pete Gionis has been accused of harassment after a couple were subject to threats and intimidation for posting an unfavourable review…
03/04/2026 … Netflix is to air Louis CK’s first stand-up special for a major streamer since he admitted to sexual misconduct.
© Channel 4 Channel 4 commits to three more years
02/04/2026 … Channel 4 has recommissioned Taskmaster for six new series.
Event will become an annual fixture
02/04/2026 … Organisers have hailed the first Live Comedy Day as a great success in raising the profile of grassroots comedy.
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