You've got to be quidding! Is this really the joke of the Fringe?
21/08/2017 … Another corny 'dad joke' has been named funniest line from the most creative arts festival in the world.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 21 August 2017
Netflix sees more of its Friends From College
21/08/2017 … Netflix has renewed its comedy Friends From College for a second season of eight episodes.
© C4/Mark Johnson Peep Show remake hits the buffers
US network pulls the plug on latest adaptation attempt
21/08/2017 … The planned American remake of Peep Show has been scrapped.
Chewing Gum loses its flava
Creator Michaela Coel pulls plug on E4 sitcom
21/08/2017 … There will be no more episodes of E4 comedy hit Chewing Gum.
Alfie Moore cops another series on R4
21/08/2017 … Radio 4 has commissioned a fourth series from policeman-turned-comedian Alfie Moore.
© Stuart Hogben Big names join Galway festival
21/08/2017 … Dara O Briain, Kevin Bridges and Tommy Tiernan have joined the line-up for Galway’s annual comedy festival.
Sun 20 August 2017
© Patty Mooney, Crystal Pyramid Productions 
Awards rain down on the Kagools
Comedy duo take Amused Moose title
20/08/2017 … The Kagools have won the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe The double act comprises Claire Ford and Nicola Wilkinson, who performed their first…