New tours for Nick Helm and Alasdair Beckett-King
...and the rest of the week's top live comedy
24/03/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the more than 7,000 events Chortle currently has listed.
2024 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 24 March 2024
Urzila Carlson cancels Melbourne festival run
...because she's been cast in a Hollywood movie
24/03/2024 … Urzila Carlson has cancelled her run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after being cast in a Hollywood movie.
Sat 23 March 2024
Frank Skinner dropped from Absolute Radio
Comic loses his show after 15 years
23/03/2024 … Frank Skinner has been dropped his Absolute Radio show after 15 years.
Fri 22 March 2024
© C4/Avalon Taskmaster up for a Rockie
Show nominated for an international TV award
22/03/2024 … Taskmaster has been nominated for another international TV award.
Student Comedy Awards 2024: Last semi-finalists named
People's Choice and wildcard places confirmed
22/03/2024 … The last semi-finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Awards can now be named.
Prime Video announces UK romcom Picture This
With Simone Ashley, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Sindhu Vee
22/03/2024 … Sex Education and Bridgerton star Simone Ashley is to star in a new romcom opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin, the actor and model who played young Lord Voldemort…
Thu 21 March 2024
© Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo C4 says there's 'no evidence' TV chiefs knew of complaints about Russell Brand
But apologises to one worker for not investigating complaint
21/03/2024 … Channel 4 has said it can find 'no evidence' that its management team were aware of any accusations of sexual misconduct by Russell Brand while…
More events to celebrate The Comic Strip
Peter Richardson on cinema tour of the UK
21/03/2024 … Comic Strip founder Peter Richardson is to go on a cinema tour celebrating the films that helped launch the careers of Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall, Dawn French,…