Kelly Monteith dies at 80
American stand-up who became a UK star in the 1980s
02/01/2023 … Kelly Monteith, the US comedian who became a British star in the early 1980s, has died at the age of 80.
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© Idil Sukan/Draw HQ An alluring foursome in Soho
01/01/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 Taskmaster New Year's Treat returns
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
01/01/2023 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday January 1 ROMANTIC GETAWAY: Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan…
Mark Simmons named Comics' Comic
Awards for best MC, promoter and outstanding achievement, too
01/01/2023 … Mark Simmons has been voted this year’s comics’ comic.
Fri 30 December 2022
Frank Skinner awarded the MBE
'I thought it might have been an administrative error'.
30/12/2022 … Frank Skinner has been made an MBE in the New Year Honour’s list.
Thu 29 December 2022
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 Bill Cosby: I'm going back to stand-up next year
Comic says: 'There is so much fun to be had'
29/12/2022 … Bill Cosby is planning a stand-up tour next year – despite having more than 60 women testify that he sexually abused him.
Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean launch relationship podcast
29/12/2022 … Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean have today launched a new comedy relationship advice podcast, Shared Baggage.
Wed 28 December 2022
© BBC John Bird, 'one of the last pillars of the anti-establishment’, dies at 86
Tributes to groundbreaking satirist
28/12/2022 … Tributes have been paid to veteran satirist John Bird, who has died at the age of 86.