All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Anoushay Okhai and Kwesi Sekyi make it through
10/03/2025 … Anoushay Okhai and Kwesi Sekyi are the latest additions to the Chortle Student Comedy Award final, after winning the two semis in London’s Museum Of Comedy…
© Ray Burmiston ...for the biggest audience for a comedy show in English
10/03/2025 … Ricky Gervais has set an attendance record for the biggest English-speaking comedy show in France.
New podcast on Audible from today
10/03/2025 … Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have reunited for a new podcast – the first time the duo have presented a series together in seven years.
Archives now available to researchers
10/03/2025 … York University has acquired a collection of Eric Morecambe’s handwritten joke books.
Tom Davis, Dylan Moran and Michelle De Swarte among the line-up
10/03/2025 … The new Leeds branch of The Glee comedy club will open on March 28, it has been announced.
© Channel 4 / Alistair Heap No second series for Channel 4's zom-com
10/03/2025 … Channel 4 has dropped its zombie comedy Generation Z after a single series.
New BBC comedy about a man faking his death
10/03/2025 … Filming has begun in the West Country on the new BBC One sitcom Can You Keep A Secret?, starring Dawn French and Mark Heap The six-part series apparently…
© Elaine Livingstone The best of the week's live gigs
09/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,657 events Chortle currently has listed.
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