© ITV Josh Jones injured on Dancing On Ice
Comic forced to withdraw from ITV show
26/01/2025 … Josh Jones has been forced to withdraw from Dancing On Ice after being injured during rehearsals.
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Sun 26 January 2025
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Gilded Balloon unveils a new Edinburgh Fringe hub
As Teviot venue remains closed for a second year
26/01/2025 … The Gilded Balloon has confirmed it will not be back at its usual Teviot hub for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
'He took his dark experience and transformed it into great comedy'
Tributes to Robbie Bonham following his death at 54
26/01/2025 … Tributes have been paid to Irish comedian and cartoonist Robbie Bonham following his sudden death at the age of 54.
The best of last year's Edinburgh Fringe... and this year's?
Pick of the week's live comedy
26/01/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,528 events Chortle currently has listed.
Online comedians move to Radio 4
...and John Kearns returns to House Of Games
26/01/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming in what's another quiet week for new laughs…: Monday January 27 RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF…
Sat 25 January 2025
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JoJo Maberly wins Bristol Comedy Competition
25/01/2025 … JoJo Maberly has been crowned winner of the first Bristol Comedy Competition.
Omid Djalili to take a psychic look at history
Comic joins 'spiritual sleuth' for new Sky programme
25/01/2025 … Omid Djalili is to front a new Sky show that uses a psychic to tap into the ‘energies’ of the battlefield and perform a ‘healing ritual’.
Fri 24 January 2025
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield to play Galton & Simpson
New drama about the Steptoe And Son writers' early days
24/01/2025 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are to portray comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in a new radio play.