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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 1h

The BBC New Comedy Awards are back

The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 2h

John Bishop goes back to where it all started...

The best of the week's live comedy

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up:: Review of Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent at the Soho Theatre http://dlvr.it/TNd7ql

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: 'The idea you can be good at reading people is absolute nonsense'. Interviews with the comedians taking part in Celebrity Traitors http://dlvr.it/TNd7qC

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Review of Gutter Royale – opening gala of the world’s first bouffon festival http://dlvr.it/TNd7q7

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Review of Clash Of The Comics wrestling spectacular http://dlvr.it/TNd7nh

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: 'Trying to be original in television is extremely difficult' Big interview with Johnny Vegas http://dlvr.it/TNd7nC

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Josh Howie’s comments linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia broke broadcasting guidelines, watchdogs have ruled – but GB News escaped censure thanks to a follow-up show that added context the comedian's words http://dlvr.it/TNd7n9

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Andrew Maxwell played the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle has revealed http://dlvr.it/TNd7mf

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: David Baddiel is to make a Channel 4 series about cats. http://dlvr.it/TNd7lp

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

...and the programme responded last night with a new sketch and comments from writers Al Murray and Matt Forde

Spitting Image shows what it thinks of the Paddington writ : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Spitting Image shows what it thinks of the Paddington writ - New sketch responds to lawsuit

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Lenny Rush, Greg Davies, Asim Chaudhry and James Buckley are to star in a Channel 4 festive comedy-drama entitled Dear Father Christmas http://dlvr.it/TNd7lY

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

... and he will also host reality series Would You Rather: Decide To Survive for Amazon’s Prime Video.

Romesh Ranganathan to host Would You Rather? quiz show : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Romesh Ranganathan to host Would You Rather? quiz show - New project for Amazon's Prime Video

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Romesh Ranganathan is to make his West End debut, starring in an Alan Ayckbourn's darkly comic psychological drama Woman in Mind http://dlvr.it/TNd7jt

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: The makers of the Paddington movies are suing the revived Spitting Image, which depicts the beloved bear as a foul-mouthed drug lord. http://dlvr.it/TNd7jL

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Wrestler turned comedian Max Olesker has written a memoir about converting to Orthodox Judaism in the name of love. http://dlvr.it/TNd7hn

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones is to write and star in a new BBC comedy about middle-aged relationships. http://dlvr.it/TNd7hD

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Graham Norton has signed a deal to continue his BBC One series for three more years. http://dlvr.it/TNd7dR

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Comedians Rosie Jones and Lee Peart were attacked by 'ableist and homophobic' morons on their train home from a gig http://dlvr.it/TNd7dN

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Clash Of The Comics – in which comedians wrestle with each other and pros – is to air to U&Dave. http://dlvr.it/TNd7dH

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Miles Jupp is to host a new satirical podcast – marking his first return to hosting comedy since leaving BBC’s News Quiz in 2019. http://dlvr.it/TNd7dF

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Seann Walsh is returning to the I’m A Celebrity… jungle, it has been reported. http://dlvr.it/TNd7c2

Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: The BBC has ordered a fourth series of Tom Basden’s Here We Go – plus a New Year’s Eve special to air this year. http://dlvr.it/TNd7bP

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: Plans have been floated to turn the much-derided Sex Lives Of The Potato Men into a TV series. http://dlvr.it/TNd7Zg

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Chortle @chortle.bsky.social · 3h

Weekend catch-up: The BBC has commissioned a new sitcom from Jessica Knappett, set in the maternity unit of a small rural hospital in West Yorkshire. http://dlvr.it/TNd7Z9

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