Arthur Smith's back hosting the 2024 Fast Fringe
The best of the week's live comedy
07/07/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 07 July 2024
Sat 06 July 2024
Miranda Hart opens up about her 'dark' times
...but comic says she now feels recovered from her 'tests and trials'
06/07/2024 … Miranda Hart says she’s been through some dark times over a ‘very unexpected’ decade of her life.
Fri 05 July 2024
© Instagram/tony_knight_comedy Comedian Tony Knight dies at music festival
'Freak accident' as branch falls from tree
05/07/2024 … Tony Knight – an English comedian who made Australia his home – has been killed by a falling tree branch while at a festival in France.
© David Woolfall/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy club owner Tommy Sheppard loses his seat
The Stand's director is no longer an SNP MP
05/07/2024 … The founder of The Stand comedy clubs has lost his seat in Westminster.
© BBC Steve Pemberton and Ben Willbond join The Cleaner
Guest stars announced for series 3 of Greg Davies' comedy
05/07/2024 … Inside No 9’s Steve Pemberton and Ghosts star Ben Willbond are among the guest stars in series 3 of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
Thu 04 July 2024
Ellen DeGeneres pulls US tour dates
No reason given for sudden cancellation
04/07/2024 … Ellen DeGeneres has abruptly cancelled four of her US stand-up shows.
© BBC Things You Should Have Done named best comedy
Praise for Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom
04/07/2024 … Lucia Keskin's BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done has been named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards, with Rosie Jones fronted panel…
Goodish news! Dave Gorman is back
Comedian's PowerPoint show returns to TV after seven years
04/07/2024 … Dave Gorman is bringing back Modern Life Is Goodish after a seven-year hiatus.