Count on Arthur...
06/02/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,889 events Chortle currently has listed.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 06 February 2022
Chelsea Handler pulls gigs over health scare
06/02/2022 … Chelsea Handler has pulled several shows in her American stand-up tour Vaccinated & Horny Tour over a health scare.
© Netflix Calls for Jimmy Carr to be prosecuted over Gypsy joke
...but should Nadine Dorries decide what counts as comedy?
06/02/2022 … Calls are growing for Jimmy Carr to be prosecuted for his offensive Holocaust joke, as politicians, celebrities and Travellers lined up to condemn him.
Fri 04 February 2022
© Matt Holyoak Jimmy Carr under fire over Gypsy Holocaust joke
MPs and Travellers' groups call on Netflix to drop his stand-up special
04/02/2022 … Jimmy Carr is under fire for a joke about the Holocaust on his latest stand-up special.
Get Wells soon
Somerset comedy festival announces comeback lineup
04/02/2022 … The Wells Comedy Festival has announced its return, with the first batch of shows now on sale.
Everything you know is 'a bit rubbish'
Premise of Paul Sinha's new Radio 4 show
04/02/2022 … Paul Sinha is making a new Radio 4 show – based on telling trivia fans that their favourite bit of information is ‘a bit rubbish’.
Comedians join Scala Radio
The Classical Comedy Club launches this weekend
04/02/2022 … Isy Suttie, Sindhu Vee, Maisie Adam and Andy Parsons are all set to host one-off classical music shows on Scala Radio.
© Channel 4 Comedians sign up for Great Celebrity Bake Off
...including Matt Lucas, forced to switch from presenting it
04/02/2022 … Alex Horne, Ed Gamble and Mawaan Rizwan will be taking part in this year’s Great Celebrity Bake Off, it has been announced.