And the joke of the 2016 Fringe is...
23/08/2016 … Comedian Masai Graham has won this year’s Joke of the Fringe award with: ‘My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 August 2016
Mon 22 August 2016
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys voted sitcom of the century
22/08/2016 … Mrs Brown’s Boys is the greatest British sitcom of the 21st Century, according to viewers.
Arthur Smith's socks are up for an award
22/08/2016 … An exhibition of Arthur Smith’s socks has been nominated for all three categories in the Malcolm Hardee awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Fleabag creator signs with Hollywood agent
22/08/2016 … FLEABAG star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been snapped up by major US agent UTA after what trade website Deadline called a 'very competitive pursuit'.
Gold buys Irish sitcom hit Bridget & Eamon
First RTE comedy to air in the UK
22/08/2016 … Irish comedy series Bridget & Eamon is to air in Britain after being sold to UKTV’s Gold channel.
Fawlty Towers Live deemed a hit
Critics warm to John Cleese's production
22/08/2016 … John Cleese’s revival of Fawlty Towers for the stage has largely been deemed a hit by critics.
Sun 21 August 2016
Larry Dean takes Amused Moose crown
Comic deemed 'on the cusp of stardom'
21/08/2016 … Glaswegian comic Larry Dean has won this year's Amused Moose Comedy Award.
