Dom Joly's massive phone is stolen
Prop goes missing from Dutch museum
21/02/2025 … The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum.
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Fri 21 February 2025
Student Comedy Award semi-finalists announced
Come and watch the stars of the future!
21/02/2025 … The semi-finalists have been announced for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Richard Ayoade adapts his Unfinished Harauld Hughes novel for TV
Possible comedy series about the fictional, prickly playwright
21/02/2025 … Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series.
© BBC/Two Brothers How comedy makes British shows popular abroad
Humour's often missing from other country's shows, researchers found
21/02/2025 … Britain’s sense of humour is driving a surge in the popularity of UK content among young viewers across Europe, new research has found.
Fashion Loves Comedy returns
Comics take to the catwalk again
21/02/2025 … Rosie Jones, Shazia Mirza, Katie Norris, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to take to the the catwalk in a series of fundraising gigs.
Thu 20 February 2025
Comic claims 50-hour longest stand-up record
Just days before another stand-up attempts the same feat
20/02/2025 … A Nigerian comedian is claiming a world record for the longest stand-up gig – a week before one of his countrymen was due to attempt the same thing.
© BBC BBC's Imagine to profile Armando Iannucci
Contributors include Chris Morris, Steve Coogan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
20/02/2025 … Armando Iannucci is to be profiled by the BBC’s prestigious arts series Imagine The influential comedy showrunner has been interviewed …
Liam Tulley joins the Chortle Hotshots
Comic to get help with his Fringe debut
20/02/2025 … Liam Tulley has become the fourth comedian selected to be one of this year’s Chortle Hotshots.