10+ hour, 6+ min ago  (599+ words) 10 GB News 'to cancel Headliners' MAY: We revealed the right-leaning TV channel was axing its daily round-up featuring predominantly ‘anti-woke’ comedians such as Leo Kearse, Dominic Frisby, Josh Howie and Lewis Schaffer. looking at the next day’s newspapers, a few…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (575+ words) Help for Fringe comedians Chortle today launches the second year of our Hotshots initiative – offering support to comedians making their debuts at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe. Eligibility for this year’s scheme has also been expanded to include performers who may have…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (212+ words) Vs Nigel Farage and Count Binface' Could the Clacton by-election get any more ridiculous? Only with the addition of Liz Truss to the ballot paper… or rather the entirely unrelated ‘Liv Struss’, the comedy alter-ego of Nerine Skinner. Could the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (394+ words) Circle of Life composer had sued Learnmore Jonasi A judge has officially thrown out a $27million (£20million) lawsuit brought against a comedian for mocking the Circle Of Life song from The Lion King. Composer Lebo Morake had sued stand-up Learnmore Jonasi for…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (206+ words) Thanks to Broken News In an address to the nation 'like some sort of king or something', Nigel Farage this week quit as MP for Clacton. Broken News, like every outlet, covered the unchallenged statement in full as the Reform…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (198+ words) Anonymity is sometimes essential when reporting on true crime. That’s why podcaster Naomi Petersen has decided to change the names of the people in the story she is investigating. Even if her producer, played by Stuart Laws, isn’t entirely sure…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (295+ words) New spin-off series Fair Game The first episode of the digital gaming series spun of from Funboys,has landed on YouTube. Fair Game sees the comedy’s characters Jordan (Rian Lennon), Callum (Ryan Dylan), Lorcan (Lee Ross James), and Gemma (Ele…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (467+ words) Netflix animation coming soon Ricky Gervais has posted a clip from his forthcoming Netflix animation Alley Cats – in which his character discussed The Office, and the genius behind it. ’I love the man guy. Proper genius - writer, director, stand-up,’ he…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (358+ words) The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. UNACCEPTABLE: A new panel show hosted by Ed Gamble in which two competing teams of comedians battle it out to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (193+ words) The media has been far too harsh on Nigel Farage, a completely normal everyday man who just happens to receive enormous gifts from dear, dear friends. That’s what Broken News – in common with newspaper owners everywhere – think of the Reform…...