Radio 4 comedy producer Bill Dare dies
Accident claims the life of the creator of The Now Show, Dead Ringers and more
Comedy producer Bill Dare – the creator of Radio 4’s Now Show and…
Meet the second Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist
Warwick university student Fred Carver has become the…
Catherine Bohart launches party podcast
Catherine Bohart is to host a new podcast for Comic…
Steve Carell joins Jesse Armstrong new project
Steve Carrell has been cast in the first feature film…
C4 pass on James Acaster’s People Person game show
Channel 4 won’t be airing James Acaster’s…
Jordan Gray unveils her new show
Jordan Gray has announced her follow up to her breakthrough…
Russell Brand sued over sexual abuse allegations
Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations,…
Daniel Kitson to host a month of Resonance FM fundraisers
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,691 events Chortle currently…
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV is back
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Friends rally around comedian John Mann
Friends of comedian John Mann have rallied to raise funds after a respiratory illness…
Second series for Romesh Ranganathan's Parents Evening
Romesh Ranganathan is to front a second series of Parents' Evening for ITV. The…
Sharon Horgan to make a new comedy for HBO
Sharon Horgan is to make a new comedy series about a 50-year-old divorcee’s…
Josie Long announces Now Is The Time Of Monsters tour
Josie Long has announced a new tour show for the autumn, Now Is The Time Of Monsters. She…
Tour news
Features
Did John Cooper Clarke really advertise Sugar Puffs?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Tribute to my friend, Tony Allen
Tony Allen, the sharp-suited acerbic opinionated incisive much-loved and often much-dreaded…
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025: Edinburgh semi-final
Here are the acts who took part in the first semi-final of this year’s Chortle…
'A 20p bet got me to my lowest ebb'
John Robins has opened up about his struggles with gambling and alcohol addiction…
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Live comedy picks
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Tracey Morgan is set to reunite with 30 Rock co-star and…
Eddie Izzard to take Hamlet on tour
Eddie Izzard is to tour her solo version of Hamlet…
Bristol Comedy Garden returns for a 14th year
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Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2025 nominees
The nominees have been announced for this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival…
Mark Steel has announced extra dates for his new tour, The Leopard In My House, which…
Urzila Carlson announces a 2025 UK tour
South African-New Zealand comedian Urzila Carlson has announced a 2025 UK tour. You…
Durham gets a one-day comedy festival
Durham is getting a one-day comedy festival. Stevie Martin (pictured), Dan Tiernan,…
Chris Ramsey announces 2026 tour Here Man
Chris Ramsey is to go on tour in 2026 with his stand-up show Here Man. It will…
Punching Up
What a massive penis!
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Andy Zaltzman up for a data journalism award
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How John Shuttleworth gave Sting the hump
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Videos
This probably won't help the US-Canada relations that are already under strain from Donald Trump's tariffs...
But Canadian satirical show This Hour Has 22 Minutes has offered its take on the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office spat:
Trump and Zelensky play cards
From CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Michael Redmond gets turned into a coffee shop
Trailer for an absurd short film
Amy Gledhill on love and Mark Labbett
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Shane Gillis advertises a new cure-all
SNL sketch