© Gary Moyes New tour for Michael McIntyre
13/02/2023 … Michael McIntyre has announced his first live tour in five years.
Mon 13 February 2023
© Gary Moyes 
Government tax plans would be 'a disaster' for TV comedy
'It’s an existential issue' producers say
13/02/2023 … British TV comedy faces an ‘existential’ threat from planned tax changes, some of the biggest names in the business have warned.
© FX Always Sunny In Philadelphia crosses the Atlantic
Spin-off podcast to record in London and Dublin
13/02/2023 … The creators and stars of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are to perform their first live shows in the UK and Ireland Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn…
Sun 12 February 2023
Jim Jefferies' new special comes to Netflix
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
12/02/2023 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday February 12 THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: A decade after last airing…
Michael Palin joins the Slapstick Festival of classic comedy
12/02/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,000 events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 11 February 2023
Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5 runs out of space
HBO comedy ends, as Hugh Laurie finds a new job
11/02/2023 … Armando Iannucci’s space comedy Avenue 5 has officially ended.
Fri 10 February 2023
© Klaus Nielsen/Pexels I'm fed up working the condom factory...
10/02/2023 … Tweets of the week I prefer to visit Hyde Park during the day when it's Jekyll Gardens.
ChatGPT’s Not Funny
Artificial intelligence expert Mhairi Aitken on whether bots can write comedy
10/02/2023 … Can comedy be automated? That’s the question I’ve been forced to confront in the past few weeks.