Which real comic actor is a character in Avenue Q?
01/02/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
2022 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tue 01 February 2022
© Channel 4 It's good to hear working-class voices... not some actor from Oxford putting on an accent
Interviews with the cast and creators of Channel 4's new crime caper The Curse
01/02/2022 … This weekend sees the launch of The Curse, the new Channel 4 crime-comedy from Tom Davis and director James De Frond (the people behind Murder…
Fri 28 January 2022
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2022 launched
Win a trip to perform in Australia
28/01/2022 … Entries are now open for the 2022 Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Chris Morris? He's the nicest guy ever
Brass Eye at 25: Interview with director Michael Cumming
28/01/2022 … Twenty-five years ago today, Brass Eye first aired on Channel 4.
Thu 27 January 2022
© Adam Johnson/Slapstick 'He was cracking Archbishop Of Canterbury gags just before he died'
A statement from Barry Cryer's family
27/01/2022 … The family of Barry Cryer have released the following statement about his death at the age of 86.
So long and thanks for all the gags
Just a few of Barry Cryer's jokes, after he dies at 86
27/01/2022 … In memory of Barry Cryer, who has died at the age of 86, here is but a very small selection of his one-liners: And displaying…
Barry Cryer dies at 86
27/01/2022 … Tributes have been flooding in after Barry Cryer, the clubbable king of the comedy anecdote and master of the pub joke, died at the age of 86.
Tue 25 January 2022
Test your Scottish comedy knowledge
With a Burns Night edition of our weekly trivia quiz
25/01/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.