What was Max Miller's real name?
19/01/2021 … 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 19 January 2021
© BBC I might have barbecued a sausage for Dara O Briain...
Celebrity Best Home Cook contestants Ed Byrne and Desiree Burch on their culinary experiences
19/01/2021 … Comedians Ed Byrne and Desiree Burch are among the ten contestants taking part in the latest TV culinary challenge, Celebrity Best Home Cook.
Tue 12 January 2021
What was Terry's job in Terry & June?
12/01/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 05 January 2021
What is Ali G's surname?
05/01/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 04 January 2021
Comedy to look forward to in 2021
Tours, TV shows, films and more
04/01/2021 … For everyone’s sanity, 2021 has to be the year when comedy returns.
Thu 31 December 2020
© Carla Speight The year when no gig was normal...
Chortle editor Steve Bennett compiles his most memorable shows of 2020
31/12/2020 … You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone… Joni Mitchell sure got that right.
Wed 30 December 2020
To those we lost in 2020
The comedy performers, writers and actors who died this year
30/12/2020 … January Derek Fowlds, Yes Minister star, 82 Terry Jones, Python.
© GCB Films/Infinity Hill 'We are still being ridiculous'
David Tennant and Michael Sheen on the return of Staged
30/12/2020 … Staged, the comedy which David Tennant and Michael Sheen filmed from their own homes during lockdown returns to BBC One at 9.