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Test your Dara O Briain-related knowledge in this week's trivia quiz
04/02/2025 … Happy 53th birthday, Dara O Briain! And to mark today's occasion, our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster…
© Channel 4 / Patch Dolan Jack Rooke on the end of his Channel 4 comedy
04/02/2025 … Big Boys returns to Channel 4 on Sunday for a third and final series, set in the central character’s final year at Brent Uni.
03/02/2025 … Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase in Manchester on Sunday night.
31/01/2025 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London in the last two weeks.
28/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Merman Holly Walsh on Motherland spin-off Amandaland
28/01/2025 … Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and and Philippa Dunne reprise their Motherland characters in BBC One’s new spin-off comedy Amandaland, which launches next…
© Jonathan Ford / Baby Cow / Channel 4 Steve Coogan on Brian and Maggie
22/01/2025 … Brian and Maggie, a two-part drama coming to Channel 4 next week, explores the breakdown of the unlikely friendship between veteran political inquisitor Brian Walden…
21/01/2025 … 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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