Now Brighton Fringe drops its app too
Despite protests after Edinburgh festival did the same
23/11/2022 … The Brighton Fringe is ditching its app next year – despite the furore sparked when the Edinburgh Fringe made the same move.
2022 Archives
Wed 23 November 2022
'I've got famous friends... but Jimmy Fallon's in a different league'
Mo Gilligan on taking on the UK version of Fallon's That’s My Jam
23/11/2022 … Mo Gilligan is about to host BBC One’s new music game show, That’s My Jam, based on the US series fronted by Jimmy Fallon as a spin-off from The Tonight…
The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
Review of the comedian's first novel
23/11/2022 … It’s an instant bestseller, thanks to the celebrity of its author, but The Satsuma Complex is also a cracking page-turner, shot through with Bob Mortimer’s…
© Grossman Burn Center Jay Leno discharged from burns unit
Comic spent ten days in hospital after garage blaze
23/11/2022 … American comedian Jay Leno has been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for burns he suffered in a blaze at his California garage.
Guz Khan announces 2023 tour
Eleven dates for Man Like Mobeen creator and Taskmaster contestant
23/11/2022 … Guz Khan has announced a short UK tour for early next year.
Jack Whitehall to front major diabetes fundraiser
His partner Roxy Horner has the condition
23/11/2022 … Jack Whitehall is to host a major benefit gig in aid of Diabetes UK, after his girlfriend Roxy Horner was diagnosed with the condition.
© Eugene Lee The Trees wins top comic fiction prize
Percival Everett takes the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse title
23/11/2022 … Percival Everett has won this year’s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with his novel The Trees.
© ITV Babatunde Aleshe voted out of I'm A Celebrity
Comic says the show was 'hardcore' and 'intense'
23/11/2022 … Babatunde Aleshe last night became a fifth contestant to be voted out of the I'm A Celebrity jungle.