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Sun 30 November 2025
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Meet the British Comedian of the Year 2025 finalists
The best of the week's live comedy
30/11/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,207 events Chortle currently has listed.
Fri 28 November 2025
© Jack Margerison The comedian trying to reinvent the Christmas cracker
Fin Taylor's making his own... complete with edgy jokes
28/11/2025 … Every year, 154 million Christmas crackers are sold in Britain - filled with bad puns and plastic tat.
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges announces 2026 tour
Forst 44 dates for Here If You Need Me
28/11/2025 … Kevin Bridges has announced a 2026 tour of a new stand-up show, Here If You Need Me.
Peter Kay: I wouldn't put Phoenix Nights on Netflix as I didn't want a trigger warning
But comic reveals he HAS written a film based on the sitcom
28/11/2025 … Peter Kay has revealed that he blocked Phoenix Nights from streaming on Netflix because it’s ‘not very politically correct’.
Remembering Barry
Fundraising gig to finance film celebrating his favourite jokes
28/11/2025 … Comedy stars are to reminisce about Barry Cryer at a fundraising event to finish a film paying tribute to him.
Thu 27 November 2025
NextUp announces its next speicals
Four stand-up shows already in the bag
27/11/2025 … Comedy streaming service NextUp has announced that it will be releasing tour shows from Zoe Lyons, Milton Jones (pictured), Jason Byrne, and Hal Cruttenden.
Ruby Wax announces 2026 tour
On the back of her I’m A Celebrity appearance
27/11/2025 … I’m A Celebrity star Ruby Wax is heading out on tour next year to speak about her most famous star interviews.