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© Channel 4 / Rob Parfitt Jack Rooke on the return of Big Boys
09/01/2024 … Big Boys – Jack Rooke’s semi-autobiographical comedy drama – is returns for a second series this weekend.
09/01/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Ricky Sim shares his comedy favourites ahead of his Soho Theatre run
03/01/2024 … Ricky Sim is bringing his solo comedy show Coming Out to Dead People to Soho Theatre next month.
© Sathisht1 / 4 Images 02/01/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, this week testing your knowledge of some of the comedy to look forward to in 2024.
Edinburgh best newcomer Urooj Ashfaq's most memorable gigs
02/01/2024 … Urooj Ashfaq – who won best newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards last year – is to go on tour later this month, following a run at the…
© Oktagon MMA Chortle's most-read news items of the last 12 months
29/12/2023 … The stats are in.
A personal look back from Chortle editor Steve Bennett
28/12/2023 … This seemed like the year comedy returned to more-or-less normal given the turmoil of Covid, although some things are inevitably changing.
© Geralt/Pixabay Try our bumper end-of-year Tuesday Trivia Quiz
26/12/2023 … 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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