Chortle

Founded in 2000, Chortle was created to serve as the most thorough, insightful, and current resource for everything related to comedy in Britain. Today, it stands as the leading destination for comedy news, critiques, and event listings, drawing in approximately 180,000 unique visitors each month.

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Want to buy the robe Tommy Cooper died in?

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

The robe worn by Tommy Cooper when he collapsed of a fatal heart attack live on TV is being auctioned off. The rather morbid piece of memorabilia was previously owned by fellow magician Paul Daniels. Cooper was wearing it on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on April 15, 1984, for a gag in which he produced items of increasing size from within the garment.
Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe film travelogue series

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe are to travel the world for a new TV series – staying in only in the most poorly-reviewed places. In Zero Stars, the comedians and best friends will stay at, eat in and visit ‘places with only the funniest and worst reviews in search of a truly unique experience they wouldn’t get from a five-star beach resort’.
Guz Khan to host a new car show

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Guz Khan is to host a new show about Britain’s flashiest customised cars. The Man Like Mobeen comedian – and self-confessed petrolhead – will present Guz Khan’s Custom Cars for the Quest channel next year. Filming has just started on the show, The Sun reports. An insider told the paper: ‘Guz has been attempting to modify his own car so to help inspire him, he will embark on a journey to discover cars as unconventional as their owners.
When Rodney got arrested...

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

A ‘lost’ gag from one of the most memorable episodes of Only Fools and Horses has come to light, nearly 30 years on. A scene was written for the 1996 Heroes & Villains Christmas Special, which featured Del Boy and Rodney dressed up as Batman and Robin inadvertently thwart a mugging. Later in the show the brothers encounter one of the crooks again, with Del knocking him unconscious with his suitcase full of hooky gear.
Kieran Hodgson: Voice Of America

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Like it or not, we, as a nation, are culturally and politically obsessed with America. Kieran Hodgson is no exception, with a fixation that started in his youth, thanks to fodder like Home Alone, and continues to this day, with Hollywood the apogee for any entertainer’s career.
Mind Your Language star Pik-Sen Lim dies at 80

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Find Live comedy Add a listing Live Comedy in London | Manchester | Scotland Actress Pik-Sen Lim – who played Chung Su-Lee in the 1970s sitcom Mind Your Language – has died aged 80. She was also known for Chin Lee in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Mind of Evil and as a killer who posed as the Queen in the 2011 Rowan Atkinson comedy film Johnny English Reborn.
Whoopi Goldberg to perform in the UK

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Whoopi Goldberg is to perform live in the UK for the first time in almost a decade. The comic and movie star will be playing the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, West London, on September 4 and Cardiff’s Utilita Arena the following night. She said: ‘I’ve always loved performing for UK audiences.
The Royle Family theme Half The World Away was the B-side to which Oasis single?

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And today we're going global. Good luck! Published: 17 Jun 2025
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme returns

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

John Finnemore is recording another one-off edition of his Radio 4 sketch show Souvenir Programme. Nine series ran between 2011 and 2021, with two specials in May 2023 and 2024 and now he is getting the cast back together for another recording. Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan, plus pianist Sue Pearse, will all be in the show, which is being recorded in London next month. Producers say the show is now ‘ an exciting once-yearly event.
The Curious Orange is back!

1 week ago | chortle.co.uk | Steve Bennett

Paul Putner is reviving his character The Curious Orange for a comic book. The actor and comedian played the inquisitive citrus in Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s 1990s BBC Two series This Morning With Richard Not Judy. He started out as a nervous, mild-mannered character before becoming increasing megalomaniacal. Now the twisted fruit is being reprised for an 1980s-influenced series of photo comics called The Chefs Of Death, where his lust for global domination appears undimmed.