Dec 2, 2024 · A joke about Keir Starmer getting lots of freebies from Lord Alli has been crowned the winner of the annual competition to find the best new Christmas cracker joke.

Dec 19, 2024 · The 19th season of Taskmaster will be launched in the US before it is seen in Britain. Greg Davies and Alex Horne will be hosting the world premiere of the next series at the Town Hall in New York on January 21.. Creator Horne and producers Avalon have increasingly been making overtures towards the US, where the show has proved a cult hit on YouTube.

Amelia Dimoldenberg and Joanna Lumley star in a new sketch to mark the launch of this year’s Red Nose Day. This year’s event – on Friday 21 March – coincides with the 40th anniversary of the charity behind the fundraiser Comic Relief.

Dec 11, 2024 · Chortle today launches a new initiative to showcase and support comedians making their debut at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. We will be selecting five acts from across the UK to receive a bursary to cover the Fringe early-bird registration fee as well as £250 worth of advertising on Chortle, as well as other help and support.

Sep 27, 2024 · Dara O Briain has joined Radio 4’s Curious Cases with mathematician Hannah Fry. The comedian replaces broadcaster and writer Adam Rutherford in a new series of the science-based show when it returns next week.

Dec 22, 2024 · Chortle had 208, 000 unique visitors in December 2024. We are currently listing 7,719 upcoming comedy events.

Dec 20, 2024 · Mark Dolan has broken his silence about getting sacked from GB News. However apart from confirming the decision to leave the channel after three-and-a-half years was not his, the former comedian gave no details of what happened.

Nov 14, 2024 · Filming has finally begun on Jordan Gray’s sitcom Transaction – more than two years after it was first announced.. In the six-part ITV series, the comedian plays an egomaniac transgender supermarket worker who realises she’s a diversity hire who can’t be sacked so causes chaos among her coworkers.

Jan 20, 2025 · Jenny Eclair - and a host of other comedians - hit the road. The week's best live comedy. 19/01/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,715 events Chortle currently has listed – which has a very European flavour this week, with French,…

Here are the comedy names we lost this year, and the tributes to them. To absent friends... Janey Godley. January, 20, 1961 to 2 November 2, 2024 (63)