Netflix has appointed its first UK head of comedy – signalling a bigger commitment to the genre. Liz Lewin – a former Sky and Channel 4 commissioner who was executive producer on Lisa McGee’s Derry ...

American comic John Mulaney has called off his shows in Minneapolis this weekend after ICE agents killed Renee Nicole Good in the city. The stand-up said it ‘didn’t sit right’ to do the shows – citing ...

Russell Brand made £4million in the year multiple women made rape and sexual assault claims against him, Chortle can reveal.

The official trailer has been released today for Mother’s Pride, the forthcoming British comedy-drama from the team behind Finding Your Feet and Fisherman’s Friends. Directed by Nick Moorcroft, the ...

The 20-minute special is titled The Mandy Who Knew Too Much and has the synopsis: ‘Mandy rarely dabbles in global diplomacy, especially over Christmas when it's so cold out and there's good telly on, ...

Here's a trailer for a documentary about comedian Dave Thompson's experience of playing Tinky Winky in The Teletubbies. The feature-length film was shot, produced and directed by fellow comedian Joe ...

Forty years on from its original production, and retaining the milieu of 1985, Woman In Mind feels like a slightly stylised look at mental collapse rather than driven by first-hand experience, but ...

This is the inspiration for Can You Keep A Secret?, which certainly has its share of intrigue and peril – as within minutes of the first episode starting, Debbie Fendon (Dawn French) confesses to her ...

Pierre Novellie would be a valuable member of any pub quiz team. His span of knowledge, as demonstrated in every minute of Why In The Name Of Pierre Novellie, is quite something. At one point in this ...

Tim Key has spoken of his love of pubs – and how it led to one of the weirdest Valentine’s Days going. Speaking to Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on the Dish From Waitrose podcast, he said: ‘I like ...

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has announced its full programme for 2026, with 560 shows across 40 venues and more than 100,000 tickets now on sale. Running from March 11 to 29, the ...