Emman Idama on Comedy Central
On Nigerian stereotypes and getting in trouble at work
01/07/2024 … Here’s Dublin-based Nigerian comic Emman Idama joking about being an email scammer – and being the only black kid in his school.
Mon 01 July 2024
Rare comedy archives to be released
Footage from Rowan Atkinson, Michael Palin, Stewart Lee and Richard Herring in their student days
01/07/2024 … Early comedy performances from the likes of Rowan Atkinson, Michael Palin and Stewart Lee and Richard Herring are to be made available for the first time in a new…
Want to get ahead in comedy? Don't be in London
Aaron Twitchen says moving out of the capital made him a better comic
01/07/2024 … For too long, London has been seen as the centre of the comedy industry.
Sun 30 June 2024
Brighton's Comedy Garden returns
30/06/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Comics release stand-up specials for free
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
30/06/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Now MARK WATSON: THE INFINITE SHOW: The comic’s 2018 stand-up show about trying…
© UKTV/Jack Margerison Oi, Wikipedia, don't you know who I am?
Adrian Edmondson's run-in with the encylopaedia
30/06/2024 … Adrian Edmondson says he never trusts Wikipedia – because it gets facts about him wrong.
The one minute election debate
30/06/2024 … Had enough of election coverage overkill? Well, here's the leaders' debate in one minute, courtesy of Michael Spice.
Sat 29 June 2024
WIP smart
Tim Harding on some comedy works-in-progress, and the musical talents of Jazz Emu
29/06/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.