A real magic moment
Watch conjuror Neil Henry propose on stage at the Fringe
26/08/2015 … Magician Neil Henry has proposed to his girlfriend – via a trick he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 26 August 2015
Tue 25 August 2015
BBC drops House Of Fools
End of the line for Vic & Bob's sitcom
25/08/2015 … BBC Two has axed Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's sitcom House of Fools.
Andy Field scoops Chortle Student title
25/08/2015 … ANDY FIELD, a 23-year-old creative writing masters student at Brunel University in West London, won the final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh…
Free Fringe comic thrown out of his venue
Stephen Carlin falls victim to rivalry
25/08/2015 … Stand-up Stephen Carlin has been thrown out of his Free Fringe slot for appearing in a show at a rival venue.
Mon 24 August 2015
And the joke of the Fringe is...
Darren Walsh's pun scoops the title
24/08/2015 … Darren Walsh has claimed the funniest joke of the Fringe with his line: 'I just deleted all the German names off my phone.
Praise be to Gadd!
Comic scoops one Fringe award, and nominated for another
24/08/2015 … Richard Gadd has been crowned winner of the Amused Moose Comedy Award for his Edinburgh Fringe show – just hours before being nominated for a Malcolm Hardee award.
Sun 23 August 2015
Blackadder 5 'on the cards'
23/08/2015 … The prospect of a Blackadder comeback has been raised again, by star Tony Robinson.