Mock The Week to end after 17 years
'The UK has finally run out of news' says Dara O Briain
02/08/2022 … Mock The Week is to end, after 17 years, 21 series and 235 episodes.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 02 August 2022
BBC orders new comedy-drama Boarders
Daniel Lawrence Taylor show about poor black kids going to an elite private school
02/08/2022 … Timewasters creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor has written a new comedy-drama about five underprivileged black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to…
Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle to play Liverpool
Arena double headliner announced
02/08/2022 … Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock have announced a Liverpool date for their shared show this autumn.
Mon 01 August 2022
Holo laughter
Andy Kindler delivers the first live comedy set by hologram
01/08/2022 … Andy Kindler has become the first stand-up to deliver a live comedy set via hologram.
Sun 31 July 2022
Code 404 is back
Best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
31/07/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on demand this week: Monday August 1 I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED: This largely forgotten…
Finding Nimmo
31/07/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 30 July 2022
© UKTV Bob Fleming is 'offensive to Covid sufferers'
Why BBC blocked character's reunion with Paul Whitehouse
30/07/2022 … The BBC blocked a TV comeback for Fast Show character Bob Fleming - for fear his constant coughing might be offensive to Covid sufferers.
Fri 29 July 2022
Pop-up store to mark South Park's 25th anniversary
Full of ‘Instagrammable moments'
29/07/2022 … A dedicated South Park shop is to open in Central London for three days next month to mark the 25th anniversary of the animated comedy.