Kimmy Schmidt's back... for the last time
26/01/2019 … This week's comedy on demand.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 26 January 2019
BBC made Russell Howard rewrite a joke – in case it offended Isis
Comic reveals a bizarre bit of political correctness
26/01/2019 … Nervous BBC chiefs once forced Russell Howard to rewrite a joke – in case it offended fundamentalist Islamist terrorists.
Fri 25 January 2019
Victoria Wood statue given the OK
Bury town planners agree to bronze tribute
25/01/2019 … A statue to honour Victoria Wood is to be erected close to Bury library, the local council has agreed.
Jack Whitehall's Travels With My Father gets a third series
25/01/2019 … Jack Whitehall's Travels With My Father is returning for a third series on Netflix, Chortle can reveal.
Horne of plenty
Alex's band announces biggest-ever tour
25/01/2019 … Alex Horne's comedy band The Horne Section have announced their biggest tour yet.
Thu 24 January 2019
Meet the puntestants
UK Pun Championships finalists announced
24/01/2019 … The finalists have been announced for this year’s UK Pun Championships, run by the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Amazon joins the stand-up business
By releasing its first original special, courtesy of Jim Gaffigan
24/01/2019 … Amazon Prime is to release its first stand-up special, with a new show from Jim Gaffigan.
New suffragette comedy for Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan
Pair adapt Old Baggage for the screen
24/01/2019 … Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan are set to be reunited on screen in a new TV comedy about suffragettes.