Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Former Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner speaks his mind
13/05/2024 … Noel Faulkner, the founder of now-defunct London stand-up institution The Comedy Cafe, lives in retirement in Galway, where freelance writer and poet Kevin…
© BBC Studios Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton on the final series
08/05/2024 … As Inside No 9 returns for its ninth and final season, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton reflect on the show… What can viewers expect from this…
07/05/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
03/05/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
Ben Heal says the three-acts-and-an-MC formula has had its day
03/05/2024 … If an award laden long-format Edinburgh Fringe show is the critical high-water mark and the killing floor gong shows the lowest ebb of UK stand-up comedy –…
© Chortle Comedy legend speaks at the launch of the Fawlty Towers play
02/05/2024 … John Cleese says he has a problem with ‘the literal-minded’ responding to his comedy, as they don’t get the jokes.
Comedy writer Tim Reid's Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
01/05/2024 … Tim Reid is the co-writer of Peter Kay’s and currently hosts the podcast Fist Of Firsts, in which comedy names talk their backstories and their creative process.
© BBC/Objective Fiction Try our weekly trivia quiz marking his 50th birthday
30/04/2024 … 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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