Fringe sales up
Punters defy rain and Olympics
31/08/2004 … Ticket sales at the Edinburgh Fringe were up more than five per cent on last year, according to official figures.
2004 Archives
Tue 31 August 2004
Mon 30 August 2004
Beeb puts comedy first
DG says: 'It's as vital as news'
30/08/2004 … Comedy is to receive a huge boost across the BBC, with its new director-general promising it will be given the same priority as news.
Vegas gambling
30/08/2004 … Johnny Vegas has recorded a pilot show for Channel 4 in which he performs a series of bizarre tasks.
Sun 29 August 2004
Unknown wins Perrier
29/08/2004 … Newcomer Will Adamsdale has won this year’s Perrier award for his show Jackson’s Way.
Sat 28 August 2004
Andrew Lawrence – Original Review
28/08/2004 … This ginger-haired gagsmith is the Leonard Cohen of comedy, an act based on a depressing diet of desperation, misery, pain and rejection.
Fri 27 August 2004
Carr cracks America
27/08/2004 … Jimmy Carr has signed a deal to host an American version of his Channel 4 game show Distraction.
Sun shines on Fringe
27/08/2004 … Sydney-based comic Nick Sun has won this year’s So you Think You’re Funny? competition.
Thu 26 August 2004
Egyptian promise
First Richard Pryor winner named
26/08/2004 … Egyptian-American comic Ahmed Ahmed has won the first Edinburgh award aimed at ethnic minorities.