American stand-up and TV host John Mulrooney has died suddenly at his home in New York state at the age of 67. Mulrooney, who died on December 29, was best known for his work as one of the guest hosts ...

Paul Sinha was named Best Club Comic at the 2014 Chortle awards, seven years after being nominated for best breakthrough act. He was also nominated for the 2006 if.comeddie award at the Edinburgh ...

Here’s my annual list of the most memorable of the approximately 300 live comedy shows I saw this year, as editor of Chortle. It’s a different metric than ‘best’ – though thankfully none of the shows ...

D’Souza’s been bubbling under for a few years before coming out of the gates with this very strong set of likeable, low key PowerPoint stand-up. He may come across as mild-mannered on stage, but it ...

John Tothill and Fatiha El-Ghorri have taped a travel series around Scotland for Channel 4’s digital platforms. The show – Where To Next? – is a commercial tie-up with the VisitScotland tourist board ...

Built in 1929 for spectacle – for musicals, cinema, and the sort of velvet-heavy grandeur that assumes applause will arrive on cue – it is not a venue that naturally invites hecklers or awkward ...

BEING Stanley Baxter: This hour-long tribute was scheduled to air today anyway, but is given added poignancy after the comedian died on December 11, at the age of 99. The film draws on rare archive ...

Dom Joly says he has been denied entry to the US because of his social media posts. The Trigger Happy TV creator revealed that he was denied his Esta – which allows entry into the country without a ...

Cally Beaton has shared CCTV footage of thieves stealing her bag from beneath her table as she caught up with a friend in a London restaurant yesterday. One crook kicked the bag away without her ...

We always made those sketches with real respect and affection for the show and its cast, so stepping onto the actual set for the first time was an especially strange experience. Although thinking ...

Here are Chortle's most-read comedy stories of 2025... MAY: We revealed the right-leaning TV channel was axing its daily round-up featuring predominantly ‘anti-woke’ comedians such as Leo Kearse, ...

Test your knowledge of comedy in 2025 with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!