VE Day: What was making us laugh 75 years ago?
A look back at the comedy on air in June 1945
08/05/2020 … Today is the much-vaunted 75th anniversary of VE Day.
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Fri 08 May 2020
© Fudge Park/BBC We love exploring the fault lines where masculinity and insecurity collide
Inbetweeners creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley on their new football comedy, The First Team
08/05/2020 … How did The First Team come about? Damon: As far as I remember - I’m very old now - we started toying with the concept of a comedy set around professional…
© BBC There's going to be a blank square where my mum should be...
Romesh Ranganathan on making The Ranganation remotely
08/05/2020 … For those who aren’t familiar with it, could you tell us a bit about the show? The show is essentially myself and couple of celebrity guests, looking at…
Tue 05 May 2020
What day of the week did The Breakfast Club have detention?
05/05/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 04 May 2020
Isolation Song Contest: Watch all the entries
Comedians create their own entries
04/05/2020 … With this year's Eurovision Song Contest cancelled, musical comedian Tom Taylor decided to stage his own version, recruiting 14 comedy and cabaret chums…
Thu 30 April 2020
Live comedy isn't going away
How clubs will emerge from lockdown... in their bosses' own words
30/04/2020 … Chortle asked the bosses of some of Britain’s biggest purpose-built comedy venues for their thoughts on when and how they might reopen after lockdown.
Tue 28 April 2020
What is the surname of Catherine Tate's Lauren?
28/04/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sun 26 April 2020
It'd be nice to be locked down with the Wombles...
Matt Lucas on his new Channel 4 show
26/04/2020 … Matt Lucas’s new Channel 4 series Reasons To Be Cheerful starts at 7.