The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the outcome of the elections to the Society’s governing body, the Board of Directors.The elections were held to coincide with the Annual General... more
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This year's lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations have just been announced. They are as follows: The nominations for Best Comedy Show are:Al Porter: At LargeJames Acaster:... more
Golf-lovers from the UK, Australia and America took part in this year's annual Mackenzie Taylor Memorial Cup at Duddingston Golf Club in Edinburgh yesterday.In a typically tight match the World... more
Sir Antony Jay CVO CBE died peacefully on Sunday evening after a long illness. He was 86.Jay was best known as co-author with Jonathan Lynn of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister... more
Eric Idle is to star in a BBC Two Christmas Special in which he is joined by younger comedians including Noel Fielding and Robin Ince and also revisits his classic post-Monty Python series,... more
BBC Four has announced a season of programmes exploring the world of conceptual art, BBC Four Goes Conceptual, including a documentary fronted by Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves.To mark the 100th ... more
Leicester Comedy Festival has received £37,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project which will celebrate the history of comedy and humour. “A Funny City” will culminate... more
Mrs Brown's Boys has been voted the best sitcom of the 21st Century in a poll by the Radio Times.It beat The Office into second place.The full rundown is below. The biggest surprise is that Count... more
Midlands comedian Masai Graham has won this year's Dave Joke of the Fringe Award.His joke was: “My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card. He’s a man after my own heart.”The... more
A UK release date has been confirmed for The Comedian's Guide To Survival, the new film based on the early career of British stand-up James Mullinger and starring James Buckley.It will be released in... more
