Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!

Mo Gilligan has told of the moment he was tailed by six police cars and a helicopter - likening it to Grand Theft Auto scene. The comic says he was pulled over as the cops suspected his car was stolen ...

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Character comedian Jonathan Oldfield is the first man to visit every Zizzi’s in the UK, and here answers all the questions you could possibly want about the Italian-‘inspired’ chain and his mad ...

Veteran comedian Jimmy Cricket has died at the age of 80. In a statement, his family said the comic – real name James Mulgrew – died this morning after a short illness, adding: ‘He spent his last few ...

The next series of Colin From Accounts will be the last, creators Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall have announced. The pair, a real-life couple who also star in the romcom, broke the news in a video ...

As the long-running topical comedy sketch show NewsRevue returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, its producer offers a troubling state-of-the-industry assessment... UK live comedy contributes around £1 ...

Cabbage the Clown, the alter ego of Eliza Nelson, is a drag act that sent me scurrying to Wikipedia to do some research on the concept of drag, as Cabbage doesn’t so much exaggerate gender as dodge ...

As she heads to the Edinburgh Fringe, musical comedian Amelia Hamilton picks her Perfect Playlist ...

The Fringe is at its best when it's a place for experimentation. Some of the most brilliant performers I've ever seen would be terrible influencers. Some of the best shows I've ever watched would ...

The production company set up by Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna's is making its first feature film, a comedy thriller called Crime Casters. The company, Haven't You Done Well Productions, is due ...

Ellie Taylor is to host the Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two,It has been reported. The comic took part in the 2022 edition of the BBC One dance competition, where she and pro Johannes Radebe ...