Sue Perkins to host new Channel 4 format
Contestants have to double their money in the real world
29/06/2023 … Sue Perkins is to host a new Channel 4 show in which contestants have to double their money.
Thu 29 June 2023
Comedy fans set up an alternative Edinburgh Comedy Award
Accolades hope to fill a Fringe gap
29/06/2023 … A group of comedy fans are setting up their own alternative to the Edinburgh Comedy Awards following the news the long-running accolade may not take place this year.
© Steve Ullathorne Gilded Balloon picks its charity partner
'Pink Wednesday' to aid Scotland's Equality Network
29/06/2023 … Edinburgh’s Gilded Balloon venue has named a new charity partner for their Pink Wednesday promotion during the Fringe.
Wed 28 June 2023
© UKTV Richard Ayoade’s Question Team axed
No third series for Dave panel show
28/06/2023 … Richard Ayoade’s panel show Question Team has been dropped after two series.
The Tragic Number
From Cassetteboy's Glastonbury set
28/06/2023 … Video mash-up maestro Cassetteboy played Glastonbury at the weekend – and in one of the videos pondered just how many Prime Ministers Britain had got through…
© Helen Murray The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Review of Daniel Rigby in Tom Basden’s new adaptation
28/06/2023 … ‘Timely’ was the adjective most bandied about when it was announced that the new adaptation of Darius Fo’s satirical farce about police brutality,…
Breeders to end after four series
New episodes of Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard comedy move the timeline forward again
28/06/2023 … Sky comedy Breeders, which stars Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard as harassed parents, is to end after the forthcoming fourth series.
© zoetnet / Flickr How Edinburgh's festivals benefit the city
New study shows economic impact
28/06/2023 … Independent research published today confirms the huge contribution that Edinburgh’s festivals make to the economic vitality of the city and beyond.