Roisin Conaty – host Jimmy Carr ’s deputy in the series – will be hosting The Last Laugh, what will be her first podcast. The programme will be made for Audible, the spoken word platform from Amazon, ...

Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed have been announced as first three hosts of Saturday Night Live UK. And they will be joined by musical guests Wet Leg, Wolf Alice and Kasabian - respectively.

Chortle can today announce the winners of the venue categories in our 2026 awards. And for the first time we have a tie, with the Big Belly Comedy Club and The Bill Murray being jointly named best ...

Amanda Holden, Amanda Lamb, Amanda Barrie, Amanda Byram and Amanda Collier all took part in the scene. It revolves around the sitcom’s Amanda (Lucy Punch) and her put-upon friend Anne (Philippa Dunne) ...

Michael Sheen has been confirmed as the host for the next series of BBC Two’s House of Games. The announcement follows Richard Osman’s decision to step down having presented the series for the past ...

Comedian Russell Kane is to make his professional stage acting debut this autumn – playing Romeo. The stand-up has previously performed mock-Shakespearean verse as part of his stand-up, but the new ...

Ola Labib is to publish her memoirs about growing up between two cultures. How Not to Lead a Double Life will be released by Robinson on July 9, the comic revealed during an appearance on Celebration ...

Some big names are to bid farewell to Banana Cabaret. one of Britain's longest-running comedy clubs, when it ends its 43-year residency at The Bedford pub in Balham, south London.

A fundraising gig has been organised in celebration of Junior Simpson, after he was forced to retire from comedy because of dementia. Famous names including Jason Manford , Milton Jones , Rich Hall ...

Plans to erect a statue of comedian Roy Hudd outside a Suffolk theatre have been approved. Now the council has given the go-ahead, supporters of the plan have three years to begin installation.

They said was the first time the effect of laughter on chronic head and neck pain had been studied. Thirty-five men and women took part in the trial and found significant improvement in their pain ...