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12/08/2020 … There may not be an Edinburgh Fringe show this year, but hundreds of shows are still being generated.
Bidding war sparked by viral video
12/08/2020 … Will Smith’s 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air is set to be rebooted – as a gritty drama.
How well do Alex Murphy and Chris Walley know each other?
12/08/2020 … How well do Young Offenders creators Alex Murphy and Chris Walley know each other? That's what Normal People star Paul Mescal tries to find out in this new…
Some of Chortle's reviews from the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe
12/08/2020 … 2005 was the year in which Laura Solon achieved the Edinburgh dream - an unknown playing a pub back room with a show she had to put together at the last minute because…
'I think in the next couple of years....'
11/08/2020 … Steve Coogan is considering a new tour in the guise of Alan Partridge, for the first time in a decade.
About his experiences of being blind
11/08/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned a new stand-up series from comedian Jamie MacDonald.
© BBC Test your comedy knowledge (and your memory of 70s sitcom theme tunes) in our weekly trivia quiz
11/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Some of Chortle's reviews from the 2004 Fringe
11/08/2020 … Our journey back through the reviews archive arrives in 2004, when unknown Will Adamsdale took the Perrier for his show Jackson's Way, and…
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