Goodbye Gethin
Noel James remembers a colleague we lost in 2017
28/12/2017 … I don’t expect most of you to have heard of Gethin Thomas, yet within the small but lively world of Welsh language comedy he was a big deal.
Thu 28 December 2017
Wed 27 December 2017
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Bob Newhart on the comic who stole his material
27/12/2017 … Bob Newhart has been speaking about how a comedian stole his material early in his career.
How I'm Alan Partridge was almost killed at birth
Writer Marber thought it was a terrible idea
27/12/2017 … Alan Partridge co-creator Patrick Marber almost put the kibosh on the sitcom that propelled the character to comedy royalty.
BBC orders Spencer Jones sitcom
Mister Winner picked up for full series
27/12/2017 … BBC One has ordered a full series of Mister Winner, the sitcom starring Spencer Jones as an accident-prone dolt.
Tue 26 December 2017
© BBC The Chortle Trivia Quiz of 2017
A special edition of our weekly diversion
26/12/2017 … Welcome to a special double-length quiz, testing your knowledge of some of the major comedy events of 2017.
Cassetteboy vs Broadchurch
26/12/2017 … Mash-up maestro Cassetteboy has released a new video, reimagining Broadchurch as a steamy romance between its stars Olivia Colman and David Tennant.
Jason Manford ties the knot
...and then heads straight out for a curry
26/12/2017 … Jason Manford has married his girlfriend Lucy Dyke.
© BBC Studios/Alan Peebles 6.8million watch Mrs Brown's Boys
Beaten only by the Queen on Christmas Day
26/12/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the most-watched show of Christmas Day after the Queen’s Speech.