Portrait of a comedy genius
Picture of Marty Feldman unveiled in his old drinking haunt
08/07/2024 … This portrait of Marty Feldman is being unveiled today – on what would have been his 90th birthday – in one of his regular haunts.
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Mon 08 July 2024
Sun 07 July 2024
Comics' brushes with Royal Academy greatness
Harry Hill, Vic Reeves and Joe Lycett in the Summer Exhibition
07/07/2024 … Harry Hill, Vic Reeves and Joe Lycett have all had artworks accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts’ prestigious Summer Exhibition.
© BBC/Various Artists Limited After the catwalk...
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
07/07/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday July 8 SPENT: Stand-up Michelle de Swarte writes and stars in the loosely…
Arthur Smith's back hosting the 2024 Fast Fringe
The best of the week's live comedy
07/07/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 06 July 2024
Miranda Hart opens up about her 'dark' times
...but comic says she now feels recovered from her 'tests and trials'
06/07/2024 … Miranda Hart says she’s been through some dark times over a ‘very unexpected’ decade of her life.
Fri 05 July 2024
© Instagram/tony_knight_comedy Comedian Tony Knight dies at music festival
'Freak accident' as branch falls from tree
05/07/2024 … Tony Knight – an English comedian who made Australia his home – has been killed by a falling tree branch while at a festival in France.
© David Woolfall/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy club owner Tommy Sheppard loses his seat
The Stand's director is no longer an SNP MP
05/07/2024 … The founder of The Stand comedy clubs has lost his seat in Westminster.
© BBC Steve Pemberton and Ben Willbond join The Cleaner
Guest stars announced for series 3 of Greg Davies' comedy
05/07/2024 … Inside No 9’s Steve Pemberton and Ghosts star Ben Willbond are among the guest stars in series 3 of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.