Edinburgh poster defaced with 'Boycott the Fringe'
Comic faces hundreds of pounds extra costs
30/07/2024 … Protesters have started defacing comedians' posters at the Edinburgh Fringe, adding to the costs performers are paying to be at the festival.
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Tue 30 July 2024
Richard Gadd details real-life harassment behind Baby Reindeer
Martha WAS based on lawyer Fiona Harvey, court papers confirm
30/07/2024 … Richard Gadd as confirmed for the first time that the stalker in Baby Reindeer was based on Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey.
Mon 29 July 2024
Why Just A Minute is so challenging
Paul Merton writes his first academic paper
29/07/2024 … Comedian Paul Merton and a Cardiff University academic have investigated why Radio 4 programme Just a Minute is so challenging for players.
© Thomas Laisne Steve Coogan to play ex Ireland manager Mick McCarthy
New film about the Saipan bust-up with Roy Keane
29/07/2024 … Steve Coogan is to star as former Ireland manager Mick McCarthy in a new film about his bust-up with captain Roy Keane ahead of the 2002 World Cup.
Sun 28 July 2024
Comics star in Garrett Millerick sitcom
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
28/07/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday July 28 SAUCY! SECRETS OF THE BRITISH SEX COMEDY: TRUE CONFESSIONS: A two-part…
© John McMurtrie Get happy in the abbey
28/07/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Susie McCabe has an emergency heart procedure
Comic cancels gigs after major health scare, but is deemed OK for the Fringe
28/07/2024 … Susie McCabe has been given the all-clear to perform her Edinburgh Fringe show after she was rushed to hospital for an emergency heart procedure.
Sat 27 July 2024
© CBS US Ghosts makes a BIG departure from the UK original
27/07/2024 … The American version of Ghosts is to make a major change from the British original.