Gadsby and Robins share Edinburgh comedy award
Natalie Palamides scoops best newcomer
26/08/2017 … Hannah Gadsby and John Robins have shared this year’s lastminute.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 26 August 2017
'It's a money-making mafia'
Comics complain of comedy industry's failings
26/08/2017 … The Fringe wouldn’t be the Fringe without comedians complaining about the state of the industry.
Fri 25 August 2017
A Pleasance surprise
Comedy award for Joseph Morpurgo
25/08/2017 … Joseph Morpurgo’s Hammerhead has been voted the best comedy show at the Pleasance this Fringe – by all the other performers at the venue.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Fleabag to get a second series
25/08/2017 … Fleabag is to get a second series, it has been announced.
Revealed: Details of Black Mirror Series 4
As Charlie Brooker says: Real events are outpacing satire
25/08/2017 … Charlie Brooker says writing satire has become difficult because real politics is so insane – and moves too quickly.
Russell Kane to host Manchester Arena reopening
Fundraiser for victims of bomb attack
25/08/2017 … Russell Kane is to host the Manchester Arena reopening concert.
A British Daily Show would be 'too expensive'
Comedy Central's US chief on the pitches he gets
25/08/2017 … A British version of the Daily Show would probably too expensive to be viable, the head of America’s Comedy Central has said.
Terry Alderton scoops Malcolm Hardee award
Alternative gongs handed out in Edinburgh
25/08/2017 … Terry Alderton has won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe.