Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Rhod Gilbert on his latest Work Experience challenge
15/03/2018 … Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience starts a new four-part series on BBC One Wales next week, with an episode in which he plays timpani with the BBC National Orchestra…
The physicist's greatest guest appearances
14/03/2018 … Professor Stephen Hawking, who died today aged 76, was a frequent guest star on comedy and sci-fi programmes, cementing his place as a cultural icon as much as one…
Idris Elba and Bill Bailey on their new 1980s-set Sky comedy In The Long Run
12/03/2018 … Idris Elba, creator and star How did In the Long Run come about? It came from a 20-minute short that I did for Sky called King For A Term.
More than six decades of laughter,,,
12/03/2018 … So it turns out that if you bang two halves of a horse together, it doesn’t make the sound of a coconut.
Chortle editor Steve Bennett on Ken Dodd's act
12/03/2018 … I saw Ken Dodd on stage in 2004 – 50 years after he made his professional debut.
© Stephen Shakeshaft / Liverpool Echo and Post 
06/03/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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