Baftas for Kat Sadler, Jack Rooke and Bisha K Ali
Watch their acceptance speeches
Kat Sadler and Jack Rooke have won Baftas for their comedy writing. Sadler won…
Celeste Barber joins Colin From Accounts
Celeste Barber – the Australian comedian who…
Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers will not be returning…
BBC Radio Wales renews What Just Happened?
BBC Radio Wales has ordered a second series of topical…
Matt Forde announces return to stand-up
Matt Forde has announced his first live dates after…
Audible’s reboot of Green Wing has dropped today. The…
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle…
'No comic can ever write more than two hours of good material'
Even the best comedians can only write two hours of good material over their whole…
Peter Kay’s Co Op Live gigs pulled AGAIN
Peter Kay’s shows to open Manchester’s new Co-op Live venue have been…
Frank Skinner returns to radio – in a sitcom
Frank Skinner is returning to radio – but in a sitcom. The comedian,…
New tour dates for Ed Gamble, Jason Manford, Andy Parsons
Several comedians have put new tour dates on sale this week: Ed Gamble has…
Athena Kugblenu writes two children's history books
Athena Kugblenu has written two children’s books about History’s Most…
Features
I used to DJ at Stonehenge...
Tweets of the week I used to be the DJ at Stonehenge but I no longer mix in…
Motherhood's isolating enough without being kicked out of a comedy show
As a comedian, I am a professional fence-sitter. I find audiences want silly, relatable,…
'Succession's dialogue is at once the funniest and saddest thing I’ve ever heard'
Avital Ash returns to the UK next month to reprise her 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show…
What's the name of the butcher in The League Of Gentlemen?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled…
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Harry Hill launches family-friendly podcast
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Luke Richards wins Bath Comedy Festival's new act award
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Hannah Gadsby announces London dates
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ITV 'thrilled' with G'wed's success
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Punching Up
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Videos
Bronwyn Sweeney is the latest stand-up to release a routine on Comedy Central Live.
The half-Irish half-Zimbabwean comic talks about her confusingly Welsh name and her ‘funeral playlist’ in the six-minute clip.
And she talks about her previous career as an advertising copywriter, writing a jingle for a ‘dog mansions’ and the like.
Bronwyn Sweeney on Comedy Central Live
On her name, her funeral, and her old job in advertising
Colin Jost at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner
Jokes about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the media
Last outing for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's…
Things are heating up with this couple...