They can’t stop you reading this article, whoever they are
16/10/2023 … Exactly 40 years ago, in October 1983, I moved to London and began writing topical jokes and sketches for BBC radio.
Mon 16 October 2023
First tour for Jake Lambert
23 dates scattered across 2024
16/10/2023 … Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour In the show, the comedian talk about ‘trying to navigate his way through everyday life, why he has a fear…
Knock Knock
Review of four TikTokers turning their hand to stand-up
16/10/2023 … The idea of a night full ofTikTok comedians is not the sort of thing to fill a stand-up purist’s heart with glee.
© Dancing Ledge/Channel 4 First look at C4's new comedy Big Mood
Images released of stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West
16/10/2023 … Channel 4 has released its first images from its upcoming comedy series, Big Mood.
© UKTV Richard Curtis: How my films were 'stupid and wrong'
Writer reflects on the way he portrayed women – and the lack of diversity
16/10/2023 … Richard Curtis has admitted he was ‘stupid and wrong’ in the way he wrote about women in some of his most successful romcoms – especially when…
Sun 15 October 2023
Remembering Felix Dexter, ten years on
Benefit gig heads this week's picks of the best live comedy
15/10/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,038 events Chortle currently has listed.
Dawn French: I told my surgeon I was a national treasure
Comic reveals her 'revolting' comments as she went under anaesthetic
15/10/2023 … Dawn French has spoken about the mortifying moment she told a surgeon to take special care of her because she was 'a national treasure'.
Three Little Birds trailer
New ITV drama written by Lenny Henry
15/10/2023 … Here’s a trailer for Lenny Henry’s TV drama Three Little Birds, based on his mother's experiences of arriving in Britain from Jamaica in 1957.