Emma Ashley-King: Death Becomes Us
13/05/2024 … As stand-ups increasingly mine their own experiences, audiences have become used to comedy shows about death and grief.
Mon 13 May 2024
Cancel culture? It's just a load of ugly, nerdy kids...
Former Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner speaks his mind
13/05/2024 … Noel Faulkner, the founder of now-defunct London stand-up institution The Comedy Cafe, lives in retirement in Galway, where freelance writer and poet Kevin…
Omid Djalili: Naked prank got me kicked out of school
...and he went on to fail his A-levels six times!
13/05/2024 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was kicked out of school – after getting naked for a dare.
Jason Manford to host Have I Got News For You
As Glenn Moore makes his debut
13/05/2024 … Jason Manford is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time this Friday – as fellow comic Glenn Moore, makes his first appearance as…
Who won the 2024 comedy Baftas?
13/05/2024 … Such Brave Girls was named best Scripted Comedy at the Baftas last night with other winners including Joe Lycett, Mawaan Rizwan and Gbemisola Ikumelo.
Sun 12 May 2024
Eric Andre hits the UK
12/05/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Radio 4 makes Room for Michael Spicer
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
12/05/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday May 12 JORDAN BROOKES: The comic's 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show…
© BBC/Stephen Perry/Wall to Wall Greg Davies: I had a meltdown in a flotation tank
The Taskmaster reveals the breakdown that drove him to comedy
12/05/2024 … Greg Davies has revealed he went into comedy after a midlife meltdown in a flotation tank.