© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien 'I read poetry and punch the air'
Frank Skinner on his love of verse
18/11/2020 … Frank Skinner may be a huge fan of poetry – but he doesn’t want to write it.
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Wed 18 November 2020
© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien Tue 17 November 2020
Which politician was replaced by a tub of lard on Have I Got News For You?
17/11/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Your guide to the Chortle Comedy Book Festival
And the rest of the week's comedy on demand
17/11/2020 … The week's best comedy on demand.
Sun 15 November 2020
Who DIDN'T he work with?
Des O'Connor's encounters with comedians old and new
15/11/2020 … It's something of a cliché, but over a career spanning six decades, Des O'Connor really has has worked with them all, from Bernard Manning to Reeves…
Tue 10 November 2020
What's Romesh Ranganathan's real first name?
10/11/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 03 November 2020
Which comedy movies did Donald Trump cameo in?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz - US election special
03/11/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
John Sessions: A life on screen
Some of the comic and actor's memorable appearances
03/11/2020 … Here are just a few of John Sessions’ screen appearances, to remember his varied career after his death at the age of 67.
Thu 29 October 2020
Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings (as imagined by Arthur Mathews)
29/10/2020 … Here's No 10's top adviser pondering the annoying persistence of Covid-19, and considering whether Lee Mack or Miley Cyrus might be good at leading the race…