£1.25m lifeline for the Edinburgh Fringe
Loans and grants for the charity behind the festival
16/06/2020 … The Edinburgh Fringe has received a £1.
Tue 16 June 2020
If Google Was a Guy: Quarantine Edition (Part 2)
16/06/2020 … CollegeHumor has unveiled another in its hit series If Google Was A Guy.
© Anna Soderblom Jonny and the Baptists to tour, without touring
Series of gigs with venues around the UK
16/06/2020 … Musical comedy duo Jonny and the Baptists have announced a new tour, without hitting the road.
© BBC Covid won't stop Fleabag winning awards...
Another accolade from Canadian festival
16/06/2020 … Fleabag has another international TV award to add to its collection, after being named best English-language comedy at the Banff World Media Festival.
Mon 15 June 2020
C4 to examine civil rights era comedy
Part of a series of shorts in response to Black Lives Matter
15/06/2020 … Channel 4 is to air a short film about comedy sketches from the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Dave Chappelle: 8:46
15/06/2020 … Too much has been written in response to Hannah Gadsby’s assertion of the truth that some traumas are too raw for comedy.
BBC local radio to boost new comedy writing
...and free workshop places are available, too
15/06/2020 … The BBC is showcasing new comedy writing across its network of local radio stations this weekend.
© Myriam Frenette Just For Laughs celebrates 10million YouTube subscribers
For its Gags series of hidden-camera pranks
15/06/2020 … Just For Laughs, organisers of the annual Montreal comedy festival, have been given a YouTube award after hitting 10 million subscribers.