Ask a silly question....
All the Emergency Questions from the Edinburgh Fringe
26/08/2019 … For the Edinburgh Fringe we asked scores of comedians the most ridiculous things, thanks to Richard Herring's Emergency Questions – the conversational…
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Mon 26 August 2019
Comedy that inspired others
All the Perfect Playlists from the Edinburgh Fringe
26/08/2019 … Throughout the Fringe, as we do year-round, we asked comedians to share their Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites, and explain why they are so good.
Hecklers, walkouts and on-stage deaths...
All the Unforgettable 5s from the Edinburgh Fringe
26/08/2019 … Throughout the Fringe we asked comedians to recall 5 of the most memorable gigs of their lives – good or bad.
Watch the 2019 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists
26/08/2019 … Here are the full sets from all of the finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award, held at the Edinburg Fringe earlier this month.
Sun 25 August 2019
What is your favourite flat thing?
The last of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions
25/08/2019 … Any song in the key of B flat, except Roxanne.
'Stupid comedy done by clever people'
Police Cops choose their comedy favourites
25/08/2019 … The team behind Police Cops - Nathan Parkinson, Zachary Hunt and Tom Roe – pick their Perfect Playlist The Simpsons Tom: It’s an obvious…
'I didn't want to do an impersonation'
Mathew Horne on playing Private Walker in the Dad's Army remake
25/08/2019 … Tonight, Gold airs the first of its remake of three lost episodes of Dad’s Army.
Sat 24 August 2019
Have you ever been called a nickname you didn't like?
The penultimate Emergency Question from Richard Herring's stash
24/08/2019 … A guy at a supermarket I worked at when I was 16 thought it would be fun to refer to me as The Claw because of my birth defect on my hand.