All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Monty Python star back on stage in his Sheffield hometown
05/07/2025 … Michael Palin performed a deleted scene from Life Of Brian yesterday, the first time he has delivered Monty Python material on stage in his Sheffield hometown for…
Starting with Suzi Ruffell’s Snappy
04/07/2025 … Stand-up specials from some of Britain’s top comics are to be aired on BBC Sounds.
Watch the teaser of the new short-form series
04/07/2025 … Spitting Image is to return – this time as a YouTube series called The Rest Is Bullshit.
© ITV 04/07/2025 … Sir Lenny Henry is to be honoured with an outstanding achievement award, at this year’s Edinburgh TV festival for ‘a career that has helped shape…
03/07/2025 … The contestants for series 20 of Taskmaster have been announced.
Talking about the classic sitcom
03/07/2025 … Some of the original cast of ’Allo ’Allo are going on the road to talk about the classic sitcom.
© att Crockett / Hat Trick Productions At the Broadcast Digital Awards
03/07/2025 … Smoggie Queens has been named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards.
© BBC/Comic Relief Line-up announced for Edinburgh Fringe fundraiser
02/07/2025 … Comic Relief has revealed the line-up for its live show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.