All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Grandfather 'had a key role in WW2'
11/06/2024 … Paddy McGuinness is to learn about his family history in the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? In the BBC series, the comedian finds out about his grandfather’s…
About his life as a working farmer
10/06/2024 … Scottish comedian Jim Smith is to front a new Radio 4 show about his day job as a working farmer in Perthshire.
Liverpool's Laughterhouse and London's 21Soho owe thousands
10/06/2024 … Comedians collectively owed thousands of pounds by Liverpool’s Laughterhouse comedy club have gone public with their concerns.
Entries open for the international TV accolades
10/06/2024 … Sophie Duker is to host this year’s prestigious Rose d’Or international TV awards, it has been announced.
Show promises to 'defy expectations of a traditional panel game'
10/06/2024 … Channel 4 has ordered a pilot episode of the James Acaster quiz show People Person.
Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick Kielty and Stephen Merchant get an audience at the Vatican
09/06/2024 … Comedians Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick Kielty and Stephen Merchant are all having an audience with The Pope this week.
© BBC/James Stack The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
09/06/2024 … Our pick of the very limited comedy offering on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday June 9 THE ALL STAR EUROS SKETCH SHOW: BBC Scotland celebrates…
The best of the week's live comedy
09/06/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.