© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais announces European dates
First gigs of Mortality outside the UK
07/10/2024 … Ricky Gervais has announced the first few European arena dates for his new stand-up show Mortality.
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© Aemen Sukkar Jiksaw John Bishop announces 25th anniversary arena tour
07/10/2024 … John Bishop has announced an arena tour to make his 25 years in comedy – with all tickets costing £25.
Frank Skinner's radio show to return
07/10/2024 … Frank Skinner’s radio show is to return, six months after it was unceremoniously axed by Absolute Radio.
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Gold launches its annual Christmas competition
07/10/2024 … Comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its Christmas cracker joke competition for its 12th year.
Sun 06 October 2024
© BBC/Expectation TV Alma's Not Normal returns
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
06/10/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday October 6 STEVENS & McCARTHY: Louise McCarthy and Gayle Telfer Stevens return…
Taking the Kai road
06/10/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,836 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC/Guy Levy Chris McCausland's terrible at dancing... not!
Comic wows again in Strictly's movie week
06/10/2024 … Chris McCausland came sixth in the Strictly leaderboard for the third week running last night – and again judges were full of praise for the comedian.
Fri 04 October 2024
Rising Asian comics selected for free workshop
New initiative from London's Brown Sauce
04/10/2024 … London’s South Asian comedy club Brown Sauce has announced the eight emerging comedians selected for its first Comedy Lab project The chosen acts will take…