Pushing all the right buttons
New BBC One gameshow from Alex Horne
24/08/2017 … Comedian Alex Horne has created a new entertainment format for BBC One.
2017 Archives
Thu 24 August 2017
Jessica Fostekew: The Silence of the Nans
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
24/08/2017 … Anyone who reckons the Edinburgh Fringe is a self-contained bubble of narrow opinion ought to try a cruise ship.
Arna Spek: Museum Piece
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
24/08/2017 … This is not a show.
What a good Knight
Comic Mandy wins a 'spirit of the Fringe' award
24/08/2017 … Comedian Mandy Knight has won a ‘spirit of the Fringe’ award – despite not being officially part of the festival programme.
Chewing Gum scoops Broadcast award
...days after its end was announced
24/08/2017 … E4 comedy Chewing Gum has scooped a major broadcasting award, just days after it was revealed that creator Michaela Coel had pulled the plug on the show.
Caroline Mabey at Chortle's Fast Fringe
From her Edinburgh show Quetzals
24/08/2017 … Comedian Caroline Mabey says she uses online Scrabble like a dating app.
Craig Charles: I don't want to do a Red Dwarf movie
'I like shooting in front of an audience'
24/08/2017 … Craig Charles has said he doesn’t want to make a Red Dwarf movie – saying it works better as a sitcom.
Wed 23 August 2017
Stuart Black: It's the End of the World
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
23/08/2017 … Stuart Black isn't the only comic currently singing the praises of his low-ceilinged, subterranean venue the Tron, while contrasting it with the busy pub full…