'Seinfeld would never have happened without him'
16/12/2025 … Jerry Seinfeld has paid tribute to Rob Reiner – revealing how his hugely successful sitcom would never have been made without his faith in the show.
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Tue 16 December 2025
Unseen Only Fools And Horses footage to get an airing
David Jason says clips 'reminded me just how special the show was'
16/12/2025 … Unseen footage from Only Fools And Horses is to air in a U&Gold documentary next year.
Mon 15 December 2025
Who's in series 2 of Rosie Jones’s Out Of Order
15/12/2025 … Chortle can today reveal the guests taking part in the second series of Rosie Jones’s comedy panel show Out Of Order.
Basden and Key up for more film awards
Critics' Circle recognition for The Ballad of Wallis Island.
15/12/2025 … Tom Basden and Tim Key are up for more film awards for their comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Rob Reiner's son arrested after Spinal Tap director found dead with his wife
As Donald Trump makes vile comments
15/12/2025 … Nick Reiner – the son of Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele – has been arrested after the couple were found…
© Titanic Belfast/CC BY-SA 2.0 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a joke
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…
Sun 14 December 2025
Comedy gets Christmassy
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.
Alfie Brown releases a free stand-up special about being cancelled
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.