2024 Archives

Sun 22 December 2024

What comedies are on TV this Christmas?

22/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 22 BAD TIDINGS: Strictly champ Chris McCausland stars alongside Lee Mack…

Prepare for a jovial man with a white beard...

The week's best live comedy

22/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,656 events Chortle currently has listed.

Weekend Update's Christmas Joke Swap 2024

Colin Jost and Michael Che get each other in trouble...

22/12/2024 … It’s a Christmas tradition on Saturday Night Live that Weekend Update’s Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes for each other to read out – however…

Sat 21 December 2024

Steve Coogan renews his Bond with Roger Moore

Comic narrates a film about the late 007 actor

21/12/2024 … A screen star with a ladies man reputation who thought his greatest role was playing himself.

Ben Elton: Lay off Mrs Brown's Boys

'You can't say it lacks skill,' says Blackadder writer

21/12/2024 … He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy of our age: Mrs Brown’s…

When Bill Bailey repeated his jokes on stage

21/12/2024 … Bill Bailey has vowed never again to take painkillers before going on stage – after he unwittingly ended up repeating his material under their influence.