Ricky Gervais: Armageddon at Wembley Arena
16/10/2023 … Quite a popular school of thought these days is how ‘you can’t say anything any more’.
2023 Archives
Mon 16 October 2023
They can’t stop you reading this article, whoever they are
16/10/2023 … Exactly 40 years ago, in October 1983, I moved to London and began writing topical jokes and sketches for BBC radio.
First tour for Jake Lambert
23 dates scattered across 2024
16/10/2023 … Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour In the show, the comedian talk about ‘trying to navigate his way through everyday life, why he has a fear…
Knock Knock
Review of four TikTokers turning their hand to stand-up
16/10/2023 … The idea of a night full ofTikTok comedians is not the sort of thing to fill a stand-up purist’s heart with glee.
© Dancing Ledge/Channel 4 First look at C4's new comedy Big Mood
Images released of stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West
16/10/2023 … Channel 4 has released its first images from its upcoming comedy series, Big Mood.
© UKTV Richard Curtis: How my films were 'stupid and wrong'
Writer reflects on the way he portrayed women – and the lack of diversity
16/10/2023 … Richard Curtis has admitted he was ‘stupid and wrong’ in the way he wrote about women in some of his most successful romcoms – especially when…
Sun 15 October 2023
Remembering Felix Dexter, ten years on
Benefit gig heads this week's picks of the best live comedy
15/10/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,038 events Chortle currently has listed.
Dawn French: I told my surgeon I was a national treasure
Comic reveals her 'revolting' comments as she went under anaesthetic
15/10/2023 … Dawn French has spoken about the mortifying moment she told a surgeon to take special care of her because she was 'a national treasure'.