© 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.
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Thu 31 December 2020
© Carla Speight 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.
Tue 29 December 2020
© ITV Which comedian was the Hedgehog in the Masked Singer?
Test your knowledge of the comedy news of 2020...
29/12/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 28 December 2020
Taskmaster, Nish Kumar and Emily Atack
Chortle's most-read stories of 2020...
28/12/2020 … It goes without saying that 2020 has been an odd year for comedy… and everything else on the planet.
Tue 22 December 2020
Where is the film Nativity set?
Try our festive Tuesday Trivia Quiz, part 2
22/12/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Sat 19 December 2020
© BBC / Guy Levy How Bill Bailey danced his way to the glitterball
Comedian's route through Strictly Come Dancing
19/12/2020 … Bill Bailey has won Strictly Come Dancing's 2020 glitterball trophy.
Tue 15 December 2020
Who gave the first Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message?
Try our festive Tuesday Trivia Quiz
15/12/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.