Women in Comedy festival cancelled
Events impossible with Manchester in local lockdown
27/08/2020 … This year’s Women in Comedy festival has officially been cancelled.
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Wed 26 August 2020
Katherine Ryan to host a TV jewellery show
All That Glitters seeks Britain's top designers
26/08/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to host a new BBC Two search for the UK’s next up-and-coming jewellery star, All That Glitters.
Fringe fundraiser nears £200,000
With one more virtual gig this week
26/08/2020 … A series of online gigs has raised almost £200,000 for those hit by the cancellation of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Where did Steptoe and Son live?
26/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© BBC Greg Davies to play a crime-scene cleaner
BBC One orders new sitcom based on German comedy
26/08/2020 … Greg Davies is to star in a BBC One series about a crime scene cleaner.
Rose Matafeo: 'She would fill whatever stage you put her on'
A look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2018
26/08/2020 … Almost up to date now, as our travels through Edinburgh Fringes past reaches 2018, when the main comedy award went to a woman of colour for the first time, Rose…
Comics up for Edinburgh TV Awards 2020
Aisling Bea and Mae Martin shortlisted as breakthrough talent
26/08/2020 … Comics Aisling Bea and Mae Martin have been nominated for the breakthrough award at the Edinburgh TV festival.
30 Days Hath September
Joz Norris grabbles with creative self-esteem
26/08/2020 … Comedian Joz Norris has written a jaunty rhyme about some of the months of the year - but the nagging voice inside his head isn’t happy with it.