Student Comedy Award semi-finalists announced
Come and watch the stars of the future!
21/02/2025 … The semi-finalists have been announced for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Fri 21 February 2025
Richard Ayoade adapts his Unfinished Harauld Hughes novel for TV
Possible comedy series about the fictional, prickly playwright
21/02/2025 … Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series.
Chortle Hotshots: See who performed in Birmingham
21/02/2025 … Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase at the Glee Comedy Club in Birmingham on Wednesday night.
© BBC/Two Brothers How comedy makes British shows popular abroad
Humour's often missing from other country's shows, researchers found
21/02/2025 … Britain’s sense of humour is driving a surge in the popularity of UK content among young viewers across Europe, new research has found.
Fashion Loves Comedy returns
Comics take to the catwalk again
21/02/2025 … Rosie Jones, Shazia Mirza, Katie Norris, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to take to the the catwalk in a series of fundraising gigs.
Every Saturday Night Live cast member
With their original show photo...
21/02/2025 … As part of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, the US comedy institution released this real of ever one of its cast members - with their original on-screen…
Thu 20 February 2025
Comic claims 50-hour longest stand-up record
Just days before another stand-up attempts the same feat
20/02/2025 … A Nigerian comedian is claiming a world record for the longest stand-up gig – a week before one of his countrymen was due to attempt the same thing.
© BBC BBC's Imagine to profile Armando Iannucci
Contributors include Chris Morris, Steve Coogan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
20/02/2025 … Armando Iannucci is to be profiled by the BBC’s prestigious arts series Imagine The influential comedy showrunner has been interviewed …