Reginald D Hunter in antisemitism storm
Israeli hecklers faced anti-Jewish jeers
13/08/2024 … Two Israeli audience members were booed out of Reginald D Hunter’s Edinburgh Fringe show in what one observer called ‘the most unpleasant comedy gig…
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Tue 13 August 2024
Foo's our student comedy award winner
13/08/2024 … South African-born comic Foo has become the 20th winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Mon 12 August 2024
John Tothill undergoes urgent surgery
Comic cancels Edinburgh Fringe shows after his appendix burst
12/08/2024 … Comedian John Tothill has gone to hospital for an urgent appendix operation, cancelling some of his Edinburgh Fringe run.
© BBC New book from Gone Fishing's dog, Ted
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s canine companion 'writes his ‘pawtobiography'
12/08/2024 … Ted, the dog from Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s Gone Fishing, has 'written' his first book.
Voting opens in 2024 Comedians' Choice Awards
Edinburgh Fringe accolades now come with cash prizes
12/08/2024 … The Comedians’ Choice Awards are returning to this year’s Fringe, it has been announced.
Adam Kay writes his first novel
A crime thriller set in hospital
12/08/2024 … Adam Kay is writing his first novel – to be published next year as part of a two-book deal.
Sun 11 August 2024
Hunt for best Jewish joke on the Fringe
11/08/2024 … The hunt is on for the funniest original Jewish jokes on the Edinburgh Fringe.
Lauren Pattison stars in new Radio 4 comedy
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
11/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 13 MATT RIFE: LUCID The latest special from the comic who rose up through…