What comedies are on TV this Christmas?
And on radio and streaming, too
22/12/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday December 22 BAD TIDINGS: Strictly champ Chris McCausland stars alongside Lee Mack…
Sun 22 December 2024
Prepare for a jovial man with a white beard...
22/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,656 events Chortle currently has listed.
Weekend Update's Christmas Joke Swap 2024
Colin Jost and Michael Che get each other in trouble...
22/12/2024 … It’s a Christmas tradition on Saturday Night Live that Weekend Update’s Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes for each other to read out – however…
Sat 21 December 2024
Steve Coogan renews his Bond with Roger Moore
Comic narrates a film about the late 007 actor
21/12/2024 … A screen star with a ladies man reputation who thought his greatest role was playing himself.
© BBC / BocPIX Ben Elton: Lay off Mrs Brown's Boys
'You can't say it lacks skill,' says Blackadder writer
21/12/2024 … He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy of our age: Mrs Brown’s…
When Bill Bailey repeated his jokes on stage
When Bill Bailey repeated his jokes on stage
21/12/2024 … Bill Bailey has vowed never again to take painkillers before going on stage – after he unwittingly ended up repeating his material under their influence.
Leigh Francis's Christmas Pigs doesn't hog the charts
Single fails to make the top 100
21/12/2024 … Twenty-one years ago, Leigh Francis had a festive No 4 with the Bo’ Selecta! tie-in Proper Crimbo.
Fri 20 December 2024
Mark Dolan goes solo after GB News sacking
'I'm different. I just say what I think'
20/12/2024 … Mark Dolan has broken his silence about getting sacked from GB News.