If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve ...

Streaming has become a great home for stand-up comedy, and Netflix's lineup in particular includes 15 of the best stand-up ...

For much of its history, British stand-up comedy has been something you had to head to a comedy club, a theatre or an arts centre to see. Yet over the past decade, and particularly since the pandemic ...

Netflix offers a wide variety of stand-up comedy specials featuring diverse comedians skewering a myriad of topics - nothing is off-limits. You can find female, POC, and LGBTQ+ stand-ups on Netflix ...

Unquestionably one of the defining British stand-ups of the past twenty years, Jimmy Carr is known for his edgy, joke-heavy material, but also for his sheer graft. He's a joke technician: he gets up ...

Upward of 150 stand-up specials were released in 2023. That’s a lot — much more than a generation ago, when it was hardly guaranteed that a comedian would ever film one if they weren’t one of the top ...

If comedy was indeed the “new rock'n'roll”, then Michael McIntyre was, for a hot second, its Elvis Presley. During the Noughties British comedy boom, when stand-up suddenly became fodder for stadium ...

For decades, the gold standard for a British stand-up special was a late-night BBC slot, a DVD release and/or, more recently, a deal with a subscription streamer like Netflix. Those routes still have ...

Ahir Shah's stand-up show Ends is now airing on Netflix - Chris Watt There may be times while you’re watching Ahir Shah’s Ends – winner of the 2023 Best Comedy Show at the Fringe and now airing on ...

Stand-up comedy is enjoying a wonderful renaissance in the UK. Theatres small and large across the country are packed with fans enjoying the best of British gagsmiths, and you can't switch on the ...

Mo Gilligan is a rising star in the United Kingdom, a younger British Nick Cannon minus the kids. He has hosted multiple shows including “The Big Narstie Show” and “The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan.” ...

John Mulrooney, a stand-up comedian, actor and late-night TV host, has died aged 67. The performer died at his home in ...