'I blame Piers Morgan...'
18/09/2008 … Top comedy writer and News Quiz regular Andy Hamilton, who has just embarked on his first live tour, on satire, scheduling and his philosophy for life.
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Thu 18 September 2008
Mon 01 September 2008
Ken Campbell: An obituary
PR guru Mark Borkowski pays tribute to his friend
01/09/2008 … Genius is an attribute thrown around like confetti in this modern media age.
Thu 07 August 2008
Kevin Eldon speaks!
On stand-up terrors, lazy comedy and clueless commissoners
07/08/2008 … Kevin Eldon, star of just about everything that's good in comedy, including Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Black Books, I'm Alan Partridge…
Wed 06 August 2008
© BBC Up for The Cup!
The making of BBC Two's new sitcom, set in the world of kids' football
06/08/2008 … It is the ideal job for any football-mad youngster: being paid to have a kickabout – and get yourself on TV.
Fri 04 July 2008
© Paramount Comedy Before they were famous
The stars who graduated from Paramount Comedy
04/07/2008 … Matt Lucas is pinned to the wall by an irate TV presenter, who has him firmly by the throat.
Mon 30 June 2008
Experts in their fields
Comics preview Latitude festival
30/06/2008 … Some of the performers at this year's Latitude Festival take a look forward to the event, which takes place in Suffolk from July 17 to 20.
Wed 14 May 2008
Making it up as they go along
Brighton Fringe improv shows reviewed
14/05/2008 … Maybe it’s something to do with the sea air, but there seem to be rather a lot of improv shows at the Brighton Fringe, so Chortle sampled a couple, back-to-back.
Sun 04 May 2008
Johnny Vegas manhandled me
04/05/2008 … By Chortle editor Steve BennettI was manhandled by Johnny Vegas.