What was Zoolander's first name?
08/09/2020 … 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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Tue 08 September 2020
Tue 01 September 2020
Who tried to put Piers Morgan in Room 101?
01/09/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Thu 27 August 2020
Jordan Brookes: 'There’s nothing quite like this on the Fringe'
We look back at the reviews from last year's Fringe
27/08/2020 … So we come bang-up to date with our recap of reviews from past Edinburghs, with a few from last year, all written by Chortle editor Steve Bennett.
Wed 26 August 2020
Where did Steptoe and Son live?
26/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Rose Matafeo: 'She would fill whatever stage you put her on'
A look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2018
26/08/2020 … Almost up to date now, as our travels through Edinburgh Fringes past reaches 2018, when the main comedy award went to a woman of colour for the first time, Rose…
Tue 25 August 2020
Hannah Gadsby's Nanette: 'An absolutely fascinating and profound hour'
A look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2017
25/08/2020 … 2017 saw the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel at their most indecisive, with a record nine nominations (a figure matched in 2019) and splitting the big prize between…
Mon 24 August 2020
Richard Gadd 'lays bare the blackest demons of his psyche'
A throwback to the 2016 Fringe, where Bill Burr and Louis CK made flying visits
24/08/2020 … How long ago 2016 was; a time when it was still OK to like Louis CK - who got a five-star Chortle review on a flying visit to the Edinbugrh Fringe.
Sun 23 August 2020
'Vicious acid-queen putdowns of celebrities zing with a vitriolic passion'
Reviews of Katherine Ryan, Nish Kumar and more from the 2015 Fringe
23/08/2020 … A major change to Chortle’s reviews in 2015, as we introduced half-stars to try to add at least a little more subtlety to the blunt tool of the star-rating…