© BBC Who was Sybill always on the phone to in Fawlty Towers?
05/09/2023 … 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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Tue 05 September 2023
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A guy booked me to perform stand-up just for him and his date
Esther Manito's most memorable gigs
05/09/2023 … Esther Manito kicks off a UK tour of her latest show, Hell Hath No Fury, in Southend on Friday, following a run at the Soho Theatre in London last month.
Sun 03 September 2023
How Spitting Image axed sketches for fear of offending Royals
Satirists reveal tensions behind the first show
03/09/2023 … It was the satirical puppet show that had a reputation for taking no prisoners.
Tue 29 August 2023
Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews 2023
All we saw at this year's fesitval
29/08/2023 … All Chortle's comedy reviews from the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.
How much do you know about this year's Edinburgh Fringe?
29/08/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, this week all about the past four weeks of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 25 August 2023
Bonnie He: How it started, how it's going
American comedian gives us a status report on her first Fringe
25/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.
Thu 24 August 2023
'I wanted to die...'
George Zacharopoulos' Edinburgh Fringe binge, cringe and whinge…
24/08/2023 … George Zacharopoulos is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his stand-up show Wonderland at the Pleasance Dome, with his last two shows at 8.
Wed 23 August 2023
The post-Fringe jetlag is going to be brutal
Cerys Bradley on the best and worst of Edinburgh
23/08/2023 … Cerys Bradley is at the Edinburgh Fringe with her show Not Overthinking Things 2019 having its last performance at Laughing Horse at Bar 50 at 3.