Chortle Hotshots: See who performed in Edinburgh
07/02/2025 … Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.
2025 Archives
Fri 07 February 2025
'Appalling people are often surprisingly charming'
Ian Hislop on his new play, Have I Got News For You and Private Eye
07/02/2025 … Private Eye editor and Have I Got News For You mainstay Ian Hislop has carved out a parallel career as a playwright.
Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson film Sky Christmas comedy
Tinsel Town now shooting in Northern England
07/02/2025 … Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson are to star in a new Christmas comedy film for Sky.
Tim Minchin, before he was famous
Musician and comic posts throwback clip
07/02/2025 … Here’s Tim Minchin as he looked before he adopted the long hair and eyeliner.
Comedian Natalie Cuomo loses it with an audience member
07/02/2025 … American comedian Natalie Cuomo has gone viral after posting a clip of her losing it with an audience member.
Thu 06 February 2025
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Comedy's a £1bn-a-year industry... but not everything is rosy
Major report find stagnant wages and an unequal playing field
06/02/2025 … It’s a £1billion-a-year industry – but live comedy is blighted by low wages and is failing to do enough to help those from marginalised groups…
© BBC/Merman Amandaland
Review of the Motherland spin-off, with Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley
06/02/2025 … The first thing you notice about Amandaland is how similar it is to its predecessor.
Dean Coughlin named the second Chortle Hotshot of 2025
...and the second Liverpudlian!
06/02/2025 … Dean Coughlin has become the second comedian to be named as a Chortle Hotshot for 2025.