Andy Zaltzman may have just claimed an unlikely record – as the first comedian to be nominated for a data journalism award. The News Quiz host and stand-up satirist has been shortlisted in the British ...

The Bristol Comedy Garden has announced its return to Queen Square. Now in its 14th year, the event will bring big-name comedians to its big top from June 4 to 8. The line-up includes Frankie Boyle, ...

It’s awards season, and the battle for the worst airline in the world is fiercer than ever! Join Broken News’ Perenium Shandy and Derkert McMichaelsboroughford to find out who will ‘take off’ with the ...

Josie Long has announced a new tour show for the autumn, Now Is The Time Of Monsters.

Winner of the Amused Moose Laugh Off and Comedy Knights Comedian Of The Year in 2015 and finalist in the BBC New Comedy Award 2016.

Mark Steel has announced extra dates for his new tour, The Leopard In My House, which talks about his cancer diagnosis. The news comes on the same day his book about the experience – which has the ...

The nominees are being announced today for the 2025 Chortle Awards, with the TV categories the latest round to be revealed.

24/02/2025 … Ian Smith’s comedy special Crushing – which won him a nomination for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2023 – is released today.

The British aristocracy's privilege knows no bounds... including an unfair edge on a game show. The latest sketch from Irish trio Foil Arms and Hog sees Sean Finegan as an English Lord on a Mastermind ...

Four up-and-coming comedians and a sketch group from North East England have been shortlisted for best newcomer in in this year’s Chortle Awards, supported by Ticketmaster. They are: Abby Wambaugh, ...

It makes several acts double nominees as Palamides and Flo & Joan are also shortlisted in the sketch and variety category; Adejuyigbe and Copland are up for best breakthrough act and Night is ...

Demi Adejuyigbe, Emma Sidi, Joe Kent-Walters and Rob Copland have all been nominated for the breakthrough act in in this year’s Chortle Awards, supported by Ticketmaster. Kent-Walters was named best ...