Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
A look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2010
18/08/2020 … 2010 was the year that Russell Kane took the Edinburgh Comedy Award with his Smokescreens And Castles show, reflecting on the overwhelming influence of his father…
Our look back at Fringes past arrives at 2009
17/08/2020 … The 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, where Tim Key won the main comedy award for his show The Slutcracker.
Our look back at the Edinburgh Fringe of 2008
15/08/2020 … Our journey through Fringes past today takes us to 2008: the year David O’Doherty won the main comedy award, and someone named Sarah Millican blew all away…
© UKTV/Adam Lawrence Paul Whitehouse on the legacy of the Fast Show
14/08/2020 … As the TV channel Gold prepares to air a Fast Show retrospective, entitled Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases, co-creator Paul Whitehouse looks back at the…
© uktv As a new retrospective airs, Charlie Higson mulls the show's legacy
14/08/2020 … As the TV channel Gold prepares to air a Fast Show retrospective, entitled Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases, co-creator Charlie Higson recalls working with Caroline…
We go back to the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe... and Micky Flanagan's debut show
14/08/2020 … Our Edinburgh Fringe Time Machine stops in 2007 today; the year that Brendon Burns wont he main prize with his audacious So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now – with…
Exclusive extract from a new book about the Goon's formative years with the wartime gang shows
13/08/2020 … From the Goons to Pink Panther and much more besides, Peter Sellers was one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1960s and 1970s.
Our look back at the Fringe of 2006
13/08/2020 … 2006 was the year the main Edinburgh awards were styled the if.
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