BBC awards honour Bill Dare
Outstanding contribution accolade for the producer who died this month
31/03/2025 … The BBC honoured prolific comedy producer Bill Dare at their annual Audio Drama awards last night.
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Mon 31 March 2025
Fry & Laurie biography updated
Including 20 new unseen sketches
31/03/2025 … The official biography of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie’s double act has been updated for its paperback release next month.
Garth Marenghi to write a third horror book
...and he'll tour with This Bursted Earth
31/03/2025 … Matthew Holness is writing a third Garth Marenghi comedy-horror book.
© Sonny Malhotra The Wrestling comes to Hammersmith Apollo
Biggest spectacle yet for show renamed Clash Of The Comics
31/03/2025 … Comedians including James Acaster, Aisling Bea and Nish Kumar are to wrestle alongside pro grapplers in the biggest show of its kind yet.
Sun 30 March 2025
Rosco McClelland wins Billy Connolly award
For a comedian who encapsulates the spirit of Glasgow
30/03/2025 … Rosco McClelland has won this year’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award.
© UKTV Jack Dee and Jake Lambert vs Kyrgyzstan's roads
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
30/03/2025 … Our pick of the new comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday March 30 WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: In this week's episode, Jack…
Still afloat after all these years
London's Boat Show celebrates its quarter-century and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
30/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 29 March 2025
Anna completes the Chortle Student Comedy Award final line-up
Oxford PhD candidate wins the People's Choice place
29/03/2025 … Anna Rae George has been selected as the last finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award following a public vote.