A first in comedy...

Deacon scoops student gold

15/08/2007 … Drama undergraduate Tom Deacon has been named the funniest student comedian in the UK in Chortle’s annual awards.

14/08/2007 … A GIANT poster has been erected at the end of Edinburgh's Princes Street, reading: 'Ricky Gervais at Edinburgh Castle has sold out.

Slide away...

20 questions: Norman Lovett

14/08/2007 … When did you first come to Edinburgh?1983 What’s been the biggest change since then?Tons more comedy showsWhat one thing could make the Fringe better?No TattooThere’s…

14/08/2007 … THE BRITISH version of The Office is to be sold as downloads in the US for the first time, via BBC America On Demand, Netflix and vuze.

French: I will die young

...but I'm not scared by it

13/08/2007 … Dawn French thinks she will die young.

Monty Python's flying high

'Most influential' comedies named

13/08/2007 … Monty Python’s Flying Circus has been named the most influential comedy series of all time.

Ed Patrick – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

13/08/2007 … Newbie Ed Patrick doesn't start his set that well, with a predicatble Rohypnol gag – but it soon emerges this is simply an appetiser for a much stronger joke.

Prince Abdi – Original Review

Review by Steve Bennett

13/08/2007 … Relative newcomer Prince Abdi claims to be the only Somalian comic working in the UK, even if he brilliantly punctures his own unique-selling-point so as to fit…