Joke candidates?
Comedians who turned politicians
16/01/2015 … As Al Murray announces his tongue-in-cheek, pint-in-hand bid to become MP for Thanet South in Kent, we look at some other comedians with political ambition:The…
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Fri 16 January 2015
Wed 07 January 2015
If people don't like this show, they don't like us
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney on Catastrophe
07/01/2015 … Sharon HorganExplain a bit about Catastrophe.
Mon 05 January 2015
Comedy that makes you you laugh and think and feel
Sketch trio Beasts choose their comedy favourites
05/01/2015 … Owen Roberts's picks…Big Train: GymnasticsIt's a clichéd thing to say, but when Big Train first came on television it was the programme you simply had to watch…
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Sitcoms set against the backdrop of tragedy
05/01/2015 … American Civil WarDeath toll: 600,000The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)The story revolved around a black servant named Desmond Pfeiffer who, in a convoluted…
Wed 31 December 2014
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Goodbye, and thanks for all the laughs
The comics we have lost in 2014
31/12/2014 … 2014 has taken its toll on the comedy world.
Sun 28 December 2014
The ten most memorable comedy gigs of 2014
An entirely subjective list from Chortle editor Steve Bennett
28/12/2014 … Another year over, and here's the now-traditional (at least for me) list of the ten most memorable gigs of the 300 or so I saw over the year, compiled with the benefit…
Fri 12 December 2014
It's bleak... but not as bleak as EastEnders
Preview of the Black Mirror Christmas special
12/12/2014 … The feature-length Black Mirror: White Christmas special is possibly the bleakest thing ever made for Channel 4’s comedy department.