© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Apply to perform at the Rik Mayall comedy festival
Comedians sought for second annual event
10/11/2025 … The Rik Mayall comedy festival is inviting comedians to apply for the 2026 event.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 10 November 2025
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© BBC/Studio Lambert Celebrity Traitors will return
No surprise as hit reality series recomissioned
10/11/2025 … The Celebrity Traitors will return for a second series on BBC One – in a much-needed bit of good news for the beleaguered broadcaster.
Sun 09 November 2025
Insider comedy from Luke McQueen's Comedian's Comedian
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
09/11/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,256 events Chortle currently has listed.
Darren Harriott's dad took his own life in jail... now the comic reflects on fatherhood
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
09/11/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© BBC Studios Theatre to be renamed in Victoria Wood's honour
...in her beloved Lake Distict
09/11/2025 … Victoria Wood is to have a theatre named in her honour in her beloved Lake District.
Sat 08 November 2025
Which comedians are up for Grammys in 2026?
It's Trevor Noah vs the Dalai Lama in one category!
08/11/2025 … Five US comedians are up for next year’s Grammy for best comedy album.
Comedians 'join I’m A Celebrity...'
Ruby Wax and Eddie Kadi named in line-up
08/11/2025 … Ruby Wax and Eddie Kadi have been named as contestants in this year’s I’m A Celebrity.
Fri 07 November 2025
'Snuffed out by the Fun Police'
Spitting Image episodes vanish from YouTube amid Paddington legal dispute
07/11/2025 … Five episodes of the revived Spitting Image have been pulled from YouTube amid its legal battle with the makers of the Paddington movie.