Recently it feels like there’s a bit of a tidal shift happening, as some comedians have been excavating and re-examining older work. It makes sense as an approach to labour: if you have older work ...

Mammoth is an old-school sitcom in more ways than one, and the festive episode doesn’t vary much from its formula, save for a nod to Dickens – but if you can’t enjoy a gently warming comedy at ...

It’s not a Christmas movie in Scotland without a handsome prince in a castle - and some top class accents. This sketch from Greg Hemphill and Robert Florence's Queen of the New Year parodies such ...

The last acting job Tony Slattery ever had is to be released this week. Last December, the comedian recorded The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, which is to be put out as a special episode of the ...

US chat show host Jimmy Kimmel is to deliver The Alternative Christmas message airing on Channel 4. It comes after the comedian was briefly taken off the air in September following comments he made in ...

BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2025: Question master Jimmy Carr is joined by Jonathan Ross, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed, Roisin Conaty and Lou Sanders, as they battle it out to see who ...

The release of the Epstein Files provided fodder for SNL's Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che last night. The other big news included the Trump claiming there have been 'zero illegal ...

Greg Davies have confirmed that plans are afoot for an Inbetweeners comeback – dropping strong hints that he will be returning as Mr Gilbert. The comic played the cynical and authoritarian head of ...

LONDON: Aurie Styla hosts his Christmas CrackUp at The Forum, with Jeff Innocent, Kyrah Gray, Slim and DJ X-Rated on the bill. Tickets. He introduces a different line-up of Andrew Mensah, Scott ...

The BBC has issued a formal response to Robin Ince ’s decision to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage. As Chortle was first to report at the weekend, the comedian says he felt compelled to leave the ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's theme is 'vegetables'. Good luck!

Acaster was on the show with his Off Menu co-host Ed Gamble. The outburst in the final minutes of the live broadcast came after viewers picked Gamble's tapas over Acaster's unconventional panettone ...