Best fest yet
Fringe sells record 1.5m tickets
29/08/2006 … The Edinburgh Fringe has sold a record-breaking 1.
2006 Archives
Tue 29 August 2006
Win, jus' like that
Tommy Cooper DVDs up for grabs
29/08/2006 … A new Tommy Cooper DVD, The Very Best Of And The Missing Pieces, is to be released on September 4.
Monty Python speak!
29/08/2006 … All the surviving members of Monty Python are to appear on a South Bank Show documentary about the musical Spamalot.
...and he can act, too
Eddie winner Nichol scoops Stage award
29/08/2006 … Phil Nichol has topped winning comedy’s biggest prize – by scooping a prestigious acting award.
Mon 28 August 2006
Ben's back on TV
New ITV show 'is not a sitcom'
28/08/2006 … Ben Elton is to star in his own TV series for the first time in 12 years.
Office scoops Emmy
...And 'Seinfeld curse' is lifted
28/08/2006 … The US version of The Office has been named best comedy in America’s top television awards.
In good spirits
28/08/2006 … Comics Andy Zaltzman, Owen O’Neill and The 4 Noels are among the winners of the annual ‘spirit of the Fringe’ awards handed out by Edinburgh…
Sat 26 August 2006
Mason sues Christians
Comic's fury over religious cartoons
26/08/2006 … Jackie Mason is suing Christian evangelical group Jews For Jesus over a pamphlet spreading their message.