BBC to showcase Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees
Radio 4 gala the day after names are announced
19/07/2022 … Nominees in this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards will be showcased on Radio 4 the day after their names are announced.
2022 Archives
Tue 19 July 2022
Brett Goldstein: I didn't even tell my mum I was going to be Hercules
Comedian enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe
19/07/2022 … Brett Goldstein has spoken about how he kept his casting as Hercules in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so secret, he couldn’t even tell his mum.
© Sky UK Sky orders a fourth series of Breeders
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard comedy to return
19/07/2022 … Sky has renewed Breeders, its family comedy starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard, for a fourth series.
© Channel 4 What was the name of the rival store in Black Books?
19/07/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Jak Knight died by suicide
Coroner's report gives. US comedian's cause of death
19/07/2022 … American comedian Jak Knight took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head, coroners have revealed.
Ten Edinburgh shows from the Melbourne Comedy Festival
Fringe shows that have done well down under
19/07/2022 … Preview of another ten shows coming to the Edinburgh Fringe… this batch all via the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Eight stupid Brits in a heatwave
19/07/2022 … As the sun comes out, so do the idiots.
Comedy's ditching stereotypes for authenticity
...to the delight of stand-up Aliya Kanani
19/07/2022 … Long before I began performing, I’d go out to watch live comedy.