Raymond Mearns suffers a stroke
Comedian cancels his Edinburgh Fringe run
08/08/2023 … Raymond Mearns has suffered a stroke but says he ‘will be okay’.
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Mon 07 August 2023
© BBC Eddie Kadi joins Strictly Come Dancing
'I promise you, I’m going to give it everything I’ve got'
07/08/2023 … Eddie Kadi has become the fifth celebrity contestant confirmed for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Sun 06 August 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 'are here to stay'
Director's vow after Fringe accolades were almost cancelled this year
06/08/2023 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards will return next year – and ‘as long as the Fringe continues’, its director Nica Burns has said.
Colin From Accounts gets a second series
Australian streamer Binge orders new episode of hit romcom
06/08/2023 … Hit Australian romcom Colin from Accounts is returning for a second series.
© C4/Avalon Taskmaster, but cleaner
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
06/08/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday August 6 TELL ME ANOTHER: This episode of the vintage talk show, from 1976, features Bernard…
Georgie Grier had a tearful Fringe last year, too
Performer who went viral over her audience of one posted a similar tweet in 2022
06/08/2023 … She is the performer whose story encapsulated the spirit of the Fringe after tweeting a tearful post about having only one punter at her first Edinburgh show.
Ali Wong comes to London
06/08/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed – though just a brief selection this week given all…
Sat 05 August 2023
Stewart Lee and Bridget Christie have split
Comic confirms 'amicable' separation
05/08/2023 … Stewart Lee last night confirmed that his marriage to Bridget Christie is over.