Fringe sales up
31/08/2004 … Ticket sales at the Edinburgh Fringe were up more than five per cent on last year, according to official figures.
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31/08/2004 … Ticket sales at the Edinburgh Fringe were up more than five per cent on last year, according to official figures.
30/08/2004 … Comedy is to receive a huge boost across the BBC, with its new director-general promising it will be given the same priority as news.
30/08/2004 … Johnny Vegas has recorded a pilot show for Channel 4 in which he performs a series of bizarre tasks.
29/08/2004 … Newcomer Will Adamsdale has won this year’s Perrier award for his show Jackson’s Way.
27/08/2004 … Jimmy Carr has signed a deal to host an American version of his Channel 4 game show Distraction.
27/08/2004 … Sydney-based comic Nick Sun has won this year’s So you Think You’re Funny? competition.
26/08/2004 … Egyptian-American comic Ahmed Ahmed has won the first Edinburgh award aimed at ethnic minorities.
25/08/2004 … Tommy Cooper has been voted Britain’s favourite comic of all-time – beating Peter Kay into second place.
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