© BBC How did John Cleese get his revenge on a reviewer?
11/07/2023 … 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 11 July 2023
© BBC Fri 07 July 2023
Heckle me and I will crush you like a jellybean
Greg Proops' Unforgettable Five gigs
07/07/2023 … American comic Greg Proops – star of improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and host of the Smartest Man in the World podcast – is heading to the…
Tue 04 July 2023
What was Desmond's surname in Desmond's?
04/07/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 27 June 2023
Seeing a humpback whale puts comedy into perspective!
The final instalment of Chortle Student Comedy Award Caitriona Dowden's Australian comedy diary
27/06/2023 … Caitriona Dowden won last year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award – and her prize was to tour down under, largely courtesy of the Comedy Lounge in Perth,…
Test your knowledge of 1990s stand-up
27/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Wed 21 June 2023
© BBC Win a new audiobook history of Blackadder
Six copies of Jem Roberts' latest title up for grabs
21/06/2023 … Comedy historian a Jem Roberts has released a new audiobook version of his Blackadder book to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic comedy.
Tue 20 June 2023
In Life's Too Short, which actor persuaded Warwick Davis into a toilet bowl?
20/06/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 19 June 2023
© Miranda Holms How I avoided the fate of becoming a very depressed school teacher
Ali Brice on his most memorable gigs
19/06/2023 … As he prepares to bring his latest show I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren’t Looking to the Soho Theatre, Ali Brice shares some of the most memorable moments…