Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Rosie Perez on the return of Bounty Hunters
23/02/2019 … As the comedy-drama Bounty Hunters returns to Sky One next month, star Rosie Perez talks about working with co-star Jack Whitehall, being battered and bruised…
Apply for Edinburgh 2019 scheme
19/02/2019 … Chortle is looking for another new comedy reviewer for the Edinburgh Fringe from a working-class or non-white background.
19/02/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Ian Watson Ian Hislop and writing partner Nick Newman on the state – and history – of satire
15/02/2019 … ◼INTERVIEW BY JAY RICHARDSON 'I've been up for contempt of court, with the attorney general asking for a two year committal' grimaces Ian Hislop.
© BBC This Time With Alan Partridge star Susannah Fielding picks her comedy favourites
14/02/2019 … Susannah Fielding will be co-starring with Alan Partridge in the new series of This Time With Alan Partridge, playing the more skilled broadcaster Jennie Gresham…
© BBC Steve Coogan and others on the broadcaster's return
14/02/2019 … The overused phrase ‘long-awaited’ doesn’t seem to do justice to Alan Partridge’s return to BBC television, now as the co-presenter of a…
Sean McLoughlin picks his Perfect Playlist
13/02/2019 … Sean McLoughlin is about to hit the road with his latest tour, Hail Mary.
Try a Valentine's edition our Tuesday Trivia Quiz
12/02/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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