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© MGM-photo by Ted Allan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 08/09/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
...plus tickets to see him live
08/09/2026 … Eric Idle returns to the stage this month to celebrate his new memoir, Idle in Provence.
And an overnight stay in London
07/09/2026 … The triple Tony Award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q is back on the West End stage – and Chortle has two tickets to be won, plus an overnight London…
© BBC 01/09/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Studiocanal / BFI National Archive We have three copies to give away
01/09/2026 … A box set of eight classic Peter Sellers performances was released on Blu-ray yesterday – and we have three copies to five away.
Omid Djalili on staying hopeful in an angry world
01/09/2026 … Omid Djalili’s four-part Radio 4 stand-up series, Namaste, starts later this month.
Cast and crew talk about the process
28/08/2026 … Saturday Night Live UK ditches two sketches each week just hours before broadcast.
© Matt Crockett / Channel 4 Joe Lycett celebrates the British boozer
25/08/2026 … As comedian Joe Lycett prepares to present his latest Channel 4 show, coming live from his own pub, he speaks about the need to celebrate and support the locals…
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