Manchester's Laughterama festival to return
Five nights of open-air comedy
15/05/2025 … Manchester comedy festival Laughterama is returns to Castlefield Bowl this September for five nights of open-air comedy.
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Thu 15 May 2025
Second series for Last One Laughing UK
Jimmy Carr-fronted Amazon format back next year
15/05/2025 … Amazon’s Last One Laughing is to return for a second series.
© Stephanie Gibson Josie Long wins top radio award
...after Radio 4 axed Short Cuts
15/05/2025 … Josie Long has won one of radio’s most prestigious awards, five months after the BBC pulled the plug on her programme.
Exeter Comedy Festival returns
15/05/2025 … Exeter Comedy Festival is back for a second year with twice as many shows.
Wed 14 May 2025
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 CNN to make Chevy Chase documentary
A comedian ' ull of outsized gifts and striking flaws'
14/05/2025 … CNN is making a documentary about the life of Chevy Chase, billed as ‘authorised yet unfiltered’.
'An uncensored glimpse into life as a touring comedian'
American comic JT Habersaat interviews stand-up stars for new book
14/05/2025 … A new book is promising ‘a wild and uncensored glimpse into the mad world of life as a touring stand-up comic’.
CNN orders a third series of Have I Got News For You
As Roy Wood Jr. returns to host the UK original
14/05/2025 … CNN has renewed Have I Got News For You for a third season.
Second day for Glasgow's Laugh In The Park
Festival now runs across the weekend
14/05/2025 … Glasgow’s Laugh In The Park outdoor comedy festival has added a second night of stand-up.