Dom Joly's massive phone is stolen
Prop goes missing from Dutch museum
21/02/2025 … The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum.
Fri 21 February 2025
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.
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.