Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's questions are all about pubs. Good luck!
I’d give them the same advice my tutor gave me: ‘If you make a film based in your flat, you and Scorsese can technically make the same film. However, if you choose to make an action film, the fact ...
Nabil Abdulrashid has performed at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival, Chortle can reveal. The comedian has not been listed as performing and has not mentioned his trip to the Saudi capital on ...
Rob Beckett's wife Lou has landed a book deal. The former teacher – who regularly features on the Parenting Hell podcast with her husband and fellow comic Josh Widdicombe – is writing a ‘candid, ...
Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen sing about all the holes in the human body in this clip from their movie Sunlight. As Chortle reported yesterday, the film will be in selected cinemas from October 17 – ...
However the popularity of the animated comedy has declined since then. The 18th series, which ran in 2006-2007, attracted an average 8.6million viewers per episode in the US. The last episode of ...
Created by Lynn and Antony Jay, Yes Minister ran for three three seven-episode series, on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988, both starring ...
Tracey Ullman has joined the cast of Ted Lasso. The comedian disclosed that she was shooting the football comedy in an interview with Woman's Hour on Radio 4 yesterday. But she didn't reveal anything ...
Here’s Chloe Petts at the New Faces Of Comedy showcase at the Just For Laugh festival – the comedian’s Canadian debut In her set, records in July but just posted online, she spoke about the perks of ...
The Fall Guy will see the star of Coronation Street, Live at The Apollo and Britain’s Got Talent expertly examine subjects that can make us feel awkward, all within the safe confines of his northern ...
Comedy has changed my life. It gave me a way to step out into the world before I even had the right words for myself. It’s given me resilience, friendships, and a stage where I can be both funny and ...
Peter Capaldi has credited The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci, with restoring his faith in acting and giving him a second life.