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© BBC/Studio Hamburg UK/ Greg Davies on his new BBC One comedy
31/08/2021 … It’s a show about a man whose grisly job is to scrub the blood and dispose of the human remains after violent deaths.
© BBC As Daisy Haggard's dark comedy returns
30/08/2021 … Adrian Edmondson has revealed he got a role in the new series of Back To Life, after sending creator Daisy Haggard a fan-boy message.
30/08/2021 … Rosie Jones says she’s started wearing clothes to show that disabled people can be ‘sexual, flawed and confident’ – after years of dressing…
25/08/2021 … Here's our round-up of comedy shows reviewed at the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Mark Watson: This Can't Be It Aaaaaaargh It’s 101 Clean/Naughty…
24/08/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Comedian keeps the award alive
24/08/2021 … Masai Graham had the best joke of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe - according to a bloke called Dave.
23/08/2021 … Miles Jupp’s first novel has just been published – and we have five signed copies to give away to Chortle readers.
Cast of Bumper Blyton sing the festival's praises
21/08/2021 … Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Jonah Fazel, James Irving, Vicky Hawley, Sally Hodgkiss and Rhiannon Vivian are all members of the improvised Enid Blyton spoof Bumper Blyton,…
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