Cerys Nelmes faces three years in Turkish jail
Comic cannot leave the country while shoplifting case is investigated
29/07/2025 … Comedian Cerys Nelmes is facing up to three years in a Turkish prison on shoplifting charges.
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Tue 29 July 2025
Mon 28 July 2025
You say Edinburgh Fringe venue was wrong to cancel Philip Simon
75 per cent say Jewish comic should not have been axed
28/07/2025 … Chortle readers believe Edinburgh Fringe venues were wrong to cancel Jewish comedian Philip Simon by a margin of three to one.
© BBC League Of Gentlemen reunite for radio play
Jeremy Dyson writes comedy-drama to star his old colleagues
28/07/2025 … The League Of Gentlemen have reunited for a new Radio 4 comedy-drama.
Sun 27 July 2025
Tom Lehrer dies at 97
Tributes paid to satirical genius
27/07/2025 … Tributes have been paid to musical satirist Tom Lehrer, following his death at 97.
Edinburgh venue: Why we cancelled Jewish comedian
Banshee Labyrinth cites Philip Simon's tweets
27/07/2025 … One of the venues that cancelled Jewish comedian Philip Simon say they pulled his Edinburgh Fringe run for ‘associating with discriminatory groups’ Banshee…
Reggie Watts is back in London
The best of the week's live comedy
27/07/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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The week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
27/07/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday July 28 I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE: This week, Harry Enfield, Lucy Porter,…
Tributes paid to Andrew McBurney
Stand-up and Gary Powndland collaborator dies young
27/07/2025 … Tributes have been paid to alternative comedian Andrew McBurney after his death was announced.