Having successfully attempted to escape from a locked tank of water, and less successfully managed to vanish an elephant, Yorkshire pudding Mr. Swallow returns this year with a musical retelling of ...

The Gavin and Stacey finale has - unsurprisingly – won the Christmas Day ratings battle, attracting an average of 12.3 million viewers, It was the largest Christmas Day audience in 14 years. Overnight ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our Christmassy trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck... and happy Christmas!

Wallace and Gromit isn’t the only stop-motion hit of the festive season. Animator @Shtencil has recreated the classic Aunty ...

Only Fools And Horses: The Musical, which stars Paul Whitehouse as granddad is in the midst of a three-week run in London, which ends on January 5, before continuing its UK tour. Vinnie Jones is ...

The comedians taking part in the next series of Comedy Central Live have been named. It comprises 30 stand-up sets to be dropped weekly on the broadcaster’s digital channels, starting on Monday with ...

Chris McCausland will deliver this year’s s alternative Christmas message on Channel 4. The comic landed the high-profile slot after becoming the first blind person to win Strictly Come Dancing, and ...

I don't care if they're the posh ones or the cheap ones, I don’t care if they’re the big ones or those tiny little dinky ones. Weather it’s got a solid top or a lattice crown.

In Bad Tidings, McCausland revives the relationship with Lee Mack that began with a guest appearance on Not Going Out – of ...

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,656 events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region. NEWCASTLE: Gavin Webster performs at ...

BAD TIDINGS: Strictly champ Chris McCausland stars alongside Lee Mack –in this festive film as rowing neighbours, whose dispute about Christmas lights ends up plunging the whole street into a blackout ...