Tom Stade: I Swear
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2017 … Well into middle age, Tom Stade retains a rock-and-roll swagger in his feisty stand-up, even able to flick devil-horn fingers to the crowd and it not feel ironic.
Tue 22 August 2017
Heckled by a rubber chicken
Mark Forward recalls his Unforgettable Five gigs
22/08/2017 … First gigMe and a friend had written an absolutely terrible sketch about a man trying to rent a truck, but the rental place would only rent him seven.
Never heard of it...
Paul Danan says he's making a BBC sitcom. BBC says no, he isn't
22/08/2017 … The BBC has denied that it working on a new sitcom with Celebrity Big Brother contestant Paul Danan.
Viggo Venn - The Life of Pepito
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
22/08/2017 … Slight but consistently amusing, the solo debut of the Norwegian half of Zach & Viggo rests securely on Viggo Venn's playful, goofy charm.
That gag's been coined before!
Dave's joke of the Fringe has previously been broadcast... on Dave
22/08/2017 … The joke that TV channel Dave today named as the best on the Fringe has already been told on one of the broadcaster's most popular shows.
Who have the Edinburgh comedy award judges most heinously overlooked over the years?
...as we await this year's nominees....
22/08/2017 … With the lastminute.
'I was trying to keep it as far from Peep Show as possible'
Comedy writer Simon Blackwell on his new show, reuniting Mitchell and Webb
22/08/2017 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to reunite in the new Channel 4 sitcom Back.
Who voiced The Wombles?
22/08/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always, by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.