BBC Studios appoints two new 'creators in residence'
28/03/2023 … BBC Studios has appointed two ‘creators in residence’ to develop new comedy programming.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 28 March 2023
37th Melbourne International Comedy Festival gets under way
More than 7,000 performances ahead...
28/03/2023 … Melbourne International Comedy Festival today launched its 37th event, boasting more than 600 shows including more than 100 international artists and more than 7,000…
Arthur Smith named a 'legend of comedy'
As Leicester Comedy Festival also hails its departing founder
28/03/2023 … Arthur Smith has been named this year’s legend of comedy by the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Mon 27 March 2023
Don't call me Dapper Laughs!
Comic behind the infamous alter-ego is back on tour... as himself
27/03/2023 … The man behind Dapper Laughs is going back on tour.
Ricky Gervais extends his Armageddon tour
New dates go on sale this week
27/03/2023 … Ricky Gervais has announced more arena dates on his Armageddon tour.
Sun 26 March 2023
© Matt Crockett One Swallow makes a stunner
26/03/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,000-plus events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 Off Menu and off grid: James Acaster and Ed Gamble are Hunted
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
26/03/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday March 26 WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: The series continues with Darren Harriot and…
Right-wing comics ‘tend to be sexist and racist’
Eddie Izzard thought that style had gone away...
26/03/2023 … Right-wing comics ‘tend to be sexist and racist’, Eddie Izzard has said.