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The final instalment of Chortle Student Comedy Award Caitriona Dowden's Australian comedy diary
27/06/2023 … Caitriona Dowden won last year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award – and her prize was to tour down under, largely courtesy of the Comedy Lounge in Perth,…
27/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Six copies of Jem Roberts' latest title up for grabs
21/06/2023 … Comedy historian a Jem Roberts has released a new audiobook version of his Blackadder book to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic comedy.
20/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Miranda Holms Ali Brice on his most memorable gigs
19/06/2023 … As he prepares to bring his latest show I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren’t Looking to the Soho Theatre, Ali Brice shares some of the most memorable moments…
© C4/Strawberry Blond 13/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© C4 Bridget Christie on her new Channel 4 comedy The Change
13/06/2023 … How long does it take to develop a TV show? Bridget Christie says that The Change, her new Channel 4 comedy about a menopausal woman, took so long to get to…
© BBC 06/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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