'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.
2025 Archives
Mon 06 January 2025
'A man was masturbating while I was on stage'
Amy Gledhill on the dangers female comedians still face
06/01/2025 … Female comedians still feel unsafe performing at night, Amy Gledhill has said, after revealing that a man was thrown out of one of her gigs for masturbating.
Baby Reindeer and Jessica Gunning scoop Golden Globes
As Richard Gadd calls for more 'dark and complicated' stories to make it to screen
06/01/2025 … Baby Reindeer and its star Jessica Gunning both walked away with Golden Globes last night.
Sun 05 January 2025
Travel Man Joe Lycett returns
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
05/01/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday January 7 GABRIEL IGLESIAS: LEGEND OF FLUFFY: The American comic – who has…
Abby talk
05/01/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
New magazine for alternative comedy writing launched
Comedian Will BF is behind Chaff
05/01/2025 … Comedian Will BF has launched a magazine for alternative comedy writing.
Sat 04 January 2025
© Home Box Office, Inc The Franchise axed by HBO
No second series, despite all the comedy firepower behind it
04/01/2025 … Superhero movie satire The Franchise has not been renewed for a second series.
© Steve Ullathorne Nina Gilligan wins Comic's Comic award
Hayley Ellis best MC, and Janey Godley remembered
04/01/2025 … Nina Gilligan has been named best act in the 2024 Comic’s Comic Award.