Dead Funny
04/11/2016 … Nostalgia’s big in comedy at the moment, what with the BBC’s revivals and the passing of greats like Jimmy Perry, reminding us how their work became part of…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 04 November 2016
Wed 02 November 2016
Irish Comedian Of The Year 2016 final
Gig review by Julia Chamberlain at Galway Town Hall Theatre
02/11/2016 … This was the inaugural Irish Comedian of the Year show, joining the English Comedian of the Year and the Scottish Comedian of the Year competitions.
Tue 01 November 2016
ITV2 Fresh
Our guide to this week's comedy pilots
01/11/2016 … ITV2’s new Fresh series of comedy pilots featuring black and minority ethnic talent kicks off tonight.
Mon 31 October 2016
Judge Rinder: Joz Norris vs Bob Slayer
31/10/2016 … CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS Here’s a first for Chortle: reviewing a fake courtroom show on daytime ITV.
Sun 30 October 2016
© BBC Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back
30/10/2016 … This seems like it could - maybe - have been a good idea for a two-minute Dead Ringers sketch.
Fri 28 October 2016
The Great Indoors
American TV review by Steve Bennett
28/10/2016 … Is this what Stephen Fry quit QI for? His new American sitcom The Great Indoors, which launched on CBS last night, is not likely to win many critical plaudits, as…
Wed 26 October 2016
Camden Comedy Club 2nd birthday
Gig review by Steve Bennett in London
26/10/2016 … The room above the Camden Head pub in Camden has been hosting comedy for years, so it might seem odd for it to be celebrating its second birthday only now.
Tue 25 October 2016
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
25/10/2016 … Had you asked even as recently as couple of years ago which British comedian would be the subject of a feature film, surely no one would have said James Mullinger.