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Edinburgh best newcomer Urooj Ashfaq's most memorable gigs
02/01/2024 … Urooj Ashfaq – who won best newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards last year – is to go on tour later this month, following a run at the…
© Oktagon MMA Chortle's most-read news items of the last 12 months
29/12/2023 … The stats are in.
A personal look back from Chortle editor Steve Bennett
28/12/2023 … This seemed like the year comedy returned to more-or-less normal given the turmoil of Covid, although some things are inevitably changing.
© Geralt/Pixabay Try our bumper end-of-year Tuesday Trivia Quiz
26/12/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Try our festive comedy trivia quiz
20/12/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with a festive edition of our trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Try our weekly trivia quiz - all about debuts
13/12/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC/Avalon Lee Mack on why he loves the 'unfashionable' genre as Not Going Out celebrates 100 episodes
12/12/2023 … Lee Mack has launched a passionate defence of the traditional studio sitcom as his show Not Going Out celebrates its 100th episode.
© BBC Gary and Martin Kemp on making another mockumentary with Rhys Thomas
12/12/2023 … The Spandau Ballet brothers are back, three years after the Kemps mockumentary All True became a cult hit and showed 1980s heartthrobs Martin and Gary were more…
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