At last! It's the Chortle Student Comedy Award final
Top up-and-coming acts showcased in London's Bloomsbury Theatre
21/07/2021 … Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award final.
2021 Archives
Wed 21 July 2021
Ronny Chieng writes martial arts comedy
To be produced by Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman
21/07/2021 … Comic Ronny Chieng is writing a martial arts comedy film to be produced by Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman.
© John Bishop/Instagram Why did the chicken cross the road... and cause John Bishop to crash?
21/07/2021 … John Bishop has revealed that he was in a road accident while trying to avoid another vehicle that was swerving to bypass a 'big chicken’.
© Kim Hardy Mel Giedroyc and Andi Osho up for writing prize
Comedy Women in Print longlists revealed
21/07/2021 … Mel Giedroyc, Andi Osho, Dolly Alderton and Lynne Truss are among the writers longlisted for this year's Comedy Women in Print Prize.
Tue 20 July 2021
Jeff Bezos in space
As mocked by Jon Stewart and Jason Alexander
20/07/2021 … Jon Stewart has mocked Jeff Bezos’s rocket launch – with the help of Jason Alexander.
Trying to order drinks
Stevie Martin does not get on with the pub app...
20/07/2021 … What could be easier than ordering a drink at a bar? Certainly not trying to do it by a hastily-built brewery app – as Stevie Martin demonstrates in…
Podcasters Assemble!
London podcast festival line-up announced
20/07/2021 … The first batch of events have gone on sale for the sixth annual London Podcast Festival.
What was the name of Austin Powers' band?
20/07/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.