Tom Binns avoids jail
Suspended sentence for comedian who downloaded child porn
17/08/2023 … Comedian Tom Binns has avoided jail after admitting possession of child pornography.
2023 Archives
Thu 17 August 2023
Johnny White Really-Really: Catland
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … With a truly singular mind and talent, there’s never been another performer quite like Johnny White Really-Really.
Creepy Boys
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … The Creepy Boys introduce themselves by way of a jaunty old-school vaudevillian number:’ Hooray for the Creepy Boys! Make way for the Creepy Boys!’ Though…
The Listies Make Some Noise
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … Anyone who thinks it’s easier to make children laugh than adults has never sat with a child through a full show, willing them to be grateful for the experience.
Michael Parkinson's best interviews with comedians
As legendary chat show host dies at 88
17/08/2023 … Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who did so much to launch and promote comedians – most notably giving Billy Connolly his big break – has died at…
Sam Campbell. Bulletproof Ten
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2023 … Waggish prankster Sam Campbell returned to the Fringe 12 months after scooping the Edinburgh Comedy Award in the most Sam Campbelly way possible – a single…
Omid Djalili: Gunmen once shot at me
...but comic said he couldn't report it for fear of reprisals
17/08/2023 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was shot at in his student days, in what he suggested was a racist attack.
Professor Marina Von Flip Flop talks fish...
Charlie Vero-Martin at Chortle's Fast Fringe
17/08/2023 … Here's character comedian Charlie Vero-Martin teaching the Fast Fringe something about fish in the guise of Professor Marina Von Flip Flop.