Danielle Ward: Lies – Fringe 2009
19/08/2009 … Danielle Ward likes the fact that some of her jokes are so obscure or so bleak that only a few people get them.
Wed 19 August 2009
Tue 18 August 2009
How to get a head in advertising
Comic will shave a slogan in her hair
18/08/2009 … A comedian is selling the back of her head as advertising space.
When laughter isn't the best medicine
Daniel Meyers on the strains of watching comedy at Edinburgh
18/08/2009 … As I write this I am laid up in bed at home.
Pythons reunite for Bafta honour
18/08/2009 … The surviving members of Monty Python are to reunite to receive a special Bafta honouring their outstanding contribution to film and television.
© BBC Comedy's gone stale
18/08/2009 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer have hit out at the ‘stale’ and ‘serious’ state of modern comedy.
'Comedy feels serious now'
Vic and Bob on the return of Shooting Stars
18/08/2009 … When he’s not making comedy, Vic Reeves runs an electrical contracting business installing Ethernet cabling in offices near his Kent home, with Bob Mortimer working…
Fringe on film
First showing of Edinburgh festival movie
18/08/2009 … An ultra-low budget film about comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe has received its first ever public screening.