Darren Harriott survives his first Dancing On Ice routine
Comedian lives to skate another week
23/01/2023 … Darren Harriott competed for the first time on ITV's Dancing on Ice last night – and made it through to the next round.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 23 January 2023
© James Gilham Katherine Ryan and Phil Wang join Just For Laughs London
Taking part in Graham Norton's variety show
23/01/2023 … Katherine Ryan and Phil Wang have joined the line-up for the Graham Norton variety show being staged as part of the Just For Laughs London festival.
NextUp to stream 18 Leicester Comedy Festival shows
As coverage of last year's event claims viewers in 127 countries
23/01/2023 … NextUp will be streaming 18 shows from this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival, the platform has announced.
© Channel 4 National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed
As Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush scoop breakthrough awards
23/01/2023 … The shortlists have been announced for the National Comedy Awards – as organisers name Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush as the winners of new…
Am I Being Unreasonable? makers recruit a head of comedy
Ladhood producer Joe Nunnery joins Boffola Pictures
23/01/2023 … Joe Nunnery, producer of the hit BBC series Ladhood, will be joining indie production company Boffola Pictures as head of comedy.
Sun 22 January 2023
Comedy from the Vaults
London's fringe festival is back, and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
22/01/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,264 events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 Waiting for the apocalypse
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
22/01/2023 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday January 22 15 STOREYS HIGH: The original radio version of Sean’s Lock’s…
Fri 20 January 2023
Comics film a second series of Left, Right & Centre panel show
...for Jim Davidson’s streaming service
20/01/2023 … Comedians including John Moloney, Bobby Davro and Cerys Nelmes are to take part in a panel show for Jim Davidson’s streaming service Ustreme.