Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Winners have been announced today. This is the 26th year of these awards. They celebrate "the talent, hard work, pluck and sheer doggedness demanded of... more
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Stand up Damian Kingsley says that he has been cautioned for being in breach of section 3 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. He has recently been going around Fringe venues dressed as a... more
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has marked the final six days of the 2017 Fringe by announcing the outcome of the elections to the Society’s governing body, the Board of Directors.The elections... more
Big Talk Productions and Popper Pictures have been commissioned to produce a fifth series of ‘Friday Night Dinner’ for Channel 4, with Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal... more
Channel 4 Comedy has commissioned ‘Dead Pixels’, a brand new part-live action, part-computer animation series for E4. Based on his 2016 Channel 4 Blap, ‘Avatards’ (pictured), it will be written by... more
Written by Robert Delamere and Stephen Mangan, who also stars, Hang Ups is an unconventional comedy about an unconventional therapist trying to keep his unconventional life, and patients, from... more
This year's lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations have just been announced. They are as follows: The nominations for Best Comedy Show are: Ahir Shah: ControlElf Lyons... more
It has been confirmed when the League of Gentlemen's television reunion will be broadcast.The eagerly anticipated return will air later this year, marking twenty years since their debut on BBC... more
Following two semi-finals in Edinburgh the ten finalists have been announced for this year's English Comedian Of The Year competition.They are: Adam RoweClayton JonesDarius DaviesElliot... more
Comedian Mark Simmons has launched an online campaign to become the face of restaurant chain Harvesters.Simmons was inspired to pitch for the job after his joke about the chain came sixth in this... more
