2025 Archives
Fri 07 March 2025
Is The Pope Gonna Croak?
07/03/2025 … Kunt and the Gang have released as new song about the ailing Pope, as respectful as always.
© Chortle Edinburgh Fringe announces its £2,500 bursary recipients
Third year of the Keep It Fringe assistance
07/03/2025 … The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced 180 recipients of a £2,500 bursary to help them bring a show to this year’s festival This…
Never mind the Botox...
Comedy club wants to ban punters who can't show they're enjoying the jokes
07/03/2025 … The owner of London’s Top Secret comedy club says he wants to ban audience members who have had Botox.
© Netflix Comic fined £1,750 over ham pun
Harith Iskander's gag deemed to have mocked Islam
07/03/2025 … Comedian Harith Iskander has been fined the equivalent of £1,750 after making a pun about the word ‘ham’ deemed to have mocked Islam.
Documentary hails the visionary genuis of Douglas Adams
Sky to air The Man Who Imagined Our Future
07/03/2025 … Sky is to air a new documentary about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy creator Douglas Adams.
Government Cheese trailer
New Apple TV+ comedy starring David Oyelowo
07/03/2025 … Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for Government Cheese, its new surreal comedy thriller starring David Oyelowo.
Thu 06 March 2025
Getting a talent visa is no joke
06/03/2025 … My friends and I are all job-stealing immigrants.