BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 opens for entries
Fatiha El-Ghorri announced as head judge
24/03/2025 … The BBC New Comedy Awards has opened for entries – as it celebrates its 30th year seeking the best comedians across the UK.
2025 Archives
Mon 24 March 2025
Jordan Brookes releases a very special special
Seven sets in one from the award-winning comic
24/03/2025 … High-concept comedian Jordan Brookes has released a stand-up special in the most Jordan Brookes way possible.
Indian comedy club trashed after political joke
Now police investigate... the comedian!
24/03/2025 … A comedy club in India has been trashed after a stand-up cracked jokes about a local politician, prompting the police to order an investigation… into the…
Sun 23 March 2025
© Steven Shakeshaft. Liverpool Echo Ken Dodd: A Legacy Of Happiness
Review of the new BBC film about the legendary comedian
23/03/2025 … The premise of this lengthy documentary – an exhibition of Ken Dodd memorabilia opening in his Liverpool hometown – is by far the least interesting thing about…
© xpectation TV/Channel4 Time for The Change
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
23/03/2025 … Our pick of the new comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday March 23 KEN DODD: A LEGACY OF HAPPINESS: This 105-minute film about the…
Dylan Moran opens Leeds's new Glee Club
The best of the week's live comedy
23/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Joe Gatto denies sexual assault
But Impractical Jokers star admits to ‘poor judgment’ over fan encounter
23/03/2025 … Impractical Jokers star Joe Gatto has denied sexually assaulting a fan but admitted ‘poor judgment’ over their encounter.
© BBC Aisling Bea and Diane Morgan in Who Do You Think You Are?
Ancestors fought for Irish independence and the rights of their illegitimate children
23/03/2025 … Comedians Aisling Bea and Diane Morgan are taking part in the next series of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Genealogy researchers helped Philomena…