Michael Fabbri at Chortle's Fast Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe 2009 clip

04/08/2009 … .

Vegas walkout

Fans disgruntled at DVD recording

04/08/2009 … Fans walked out of Johnny Vegas’s DVD recording, complaining about his ‘rambling’ routines and the poor quality of the sound.

Inbetweeners to return

E4 orders third series

04/08/2009 … E4’s teen sitcom The Inbetweeners is to return for another series.

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03/08/2009 … ALUN COCHRANE and Terry Alderton have announced autumn tours.

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03/08/2009 … COMIC Greg Burns is to host the Capital Radio breakfast show with Jodie Kidd for two weeks from August 17 while Johnny Vaughan is on holiday.

Mighty Boosh get the mighty boot

Dropped from their own festival!

03/08/2009 … The open-air comedy and music festival pioneered by the Mighty Boosh could return next year – but without Noel and Julian.

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03/08/2009 … VIKKI LITTLEMORE won the £75 prize for the best Correspndents piece in July for her piece about offensiveness in comedy.

The joke's on me

Giacinto Palmieri on an unexpected laugh

03/08/2009 … During a recent preview of my Edinburgh show an episode occurred to me that made me think about comedy, its pleasures and its risks.