Chaos at the Fringe
Freestival have 'no right' to programme venue claims rival PBH
21/05/2015 … It’s fast becoming a Fringe tradition – and today the annual row between rival free Edinburgh show promoters flared up in earnest.
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Thu 21 May 2015
Trigger Happy to return
Dom Joly promises 'cinematic' stunts
21/05/2015 … Dom Joly is bringing back Trigger Happy TV after more than a dozen years.
'I felt violated, scared, objectified'
Comic exposes sexist heckler – who now faces the sack
21/05/2015 … A boorish heckler has been suspended from his job after a comedian went public about his 'rapey' comments.
‘Please save some for my funeral'
Tributes flood in for Letterman's last Late Show
21/05/2015 … David Letterman bowed out of the Late Show last night, after 22 years on the air and 6,028 broadcast.
Peak time comedy
Stand-ups to perform UK's highest gig
21/05/2015 … Five comedians are to perform the UK's highest ever stand-up gig on the summit of Ben Lomond.
'The courage to create change with humour'
Comic Kershi hailed as an Asian Woman Of Achievement
21/05/2015 … Comedian Sajeela Kershi hasi won an Asian Women of Achievement Award.
Ben Miller to make science Horrible
Comics star in new CITV series
21/05/2015 … First the BBC had a hit Horrible Histories – now ITV is to air Horrible Science.
Revealed: How much comedians earn
... and when do most new acts quit?
21/05/2015 … Most aspiring comedians drop out of the circuit within three years of starting.