Who's in the running to be a 2025 Chortle Hotshot?
Gigs to showcase Edinburgh Fringe newcomers
07/01/2025 … The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle’s first Hotshots have been revealed.
2025 Archives
Tue 07 January 2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night trailer
New documentary series about an American institution
07/01/2025 … Here's a trailer for a new documentary series about Saturday Night Live.
What was Alf Garnett's job?
07/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mary O'Connell on Comedy Central Live
Comic is a a 'bisexual olive princess'
07/01/2025 … Mary O'Connell talks about taking apps and being a 'bisexual olive princess' in this new clip from Comedy Central Live.
Trans comedian vs. sports and toilets
Clip from Sam Nicoresti's Wokeflake
07/01/2025 … Sam Nicoresti conspiracy theory on the debate raging around trans women in sports.
Live Nation sets up a UK comedy agency
New venture for global entertainment behemoth
07/01/2025 … Global entertainment giant Live Nation has set up a UK comedy agency.
Mon 06 January 2025
Chris McCausland to write his autobiography
Strictly winners' memoirs to be rush-released this autumn
06/01/2025 … Chris McCausland is publishing a memoir this autumn to take advantage of his Strictly Come Dancing success.
'The comedy industry is absolute shit'
Jenny Eclair on jealousy, women being marginalised in stand-up and her warts-and-all memoir
06/01/2025 … Jenny Eclair made history when she became the first woman to win the Perrier Award in 1995.