Nick Mohammed announces new Mr Swallow tour

...but no roller-skates this time

22/07/2024 … Nick Mohammed has unveiled a new live show in the guise of his returns as his critically alter-ego Mr.

Peter Kay named Britain’s richest comedian

£34.6million fortune buys a lot of garlic bread

22/07/2024 … Peter Kay has been named Britain’s richest comedian, with a £34.

Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri join Silence Is Golden

The comedy show in which the audience tries not to laugh

22/07/2024 … Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri are to be team captains in the new gameshow Silence Is Golden, in which audiences are rewarded for NOT laughing at comedians They…

Debauchery and the Black Death

The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming

21/07/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week… Tuesday July 23 BATTLE IN THE BOX: Today and tomorrow, Jimmy Carr pitches Katherine Ryan…

Laughs in the parks... in England, Wales and Ireland

The week's best live comedy

21/07/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.

Details of new Murder, They Hope special revealed

Apocalypse Slough guest stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Day, Matthew Kelly and Shaun Williamson

21/07/2024 … Details of the next Murder, They Hope special, featuring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson’s hapless private detectives, have been revealed.

Gavin and Stacey's final script is complete

We've done the last rewrite, says James Corden

20/07/2024 … The script for the  Gavin And Stacey finale is complete, James Corden has revealed.

Bob Newhart dies at 94

18/07/2024 … Tributes have been paid to American stand-up comedy legend Bob Newhart after he died at the age of 94.