Fringe comics picked to perform for TV executives
New schemes ties in with telly fest
06/08/2024 … Ten Fringe comedians have been picked to have their work showcased to executives at the Edinburgh TV festival.
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Tue 06 August 2024
Mon 05 August 2024
First special for Leroy Brito
To air on BBC Wales and iPlayer
05/08/2024 … Welsh comic Leroy Brito is recording his first half-hour stand-up special for the BBC.
It's official: Chris McCausland's doing Strictly
Blind comic confirmed as a contestant
05/08/2024 … Chris McCausland has been confirmed as a contestant in the next series of BBC One’s troubled Strictly Come Dancing.
Henpocalypse! does not survive
05/08/2024 … The BBC will not be making a second series of its comedy Henpocalypse!, the broadcaster has confirmed.
Sun 04 August 2024
Radio 4 launches two new comedy series
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday August 4 HATE THY NEIGHBOUR: Jamali Maddix's 2017 Vice TV series comes to U&Dave…
Funtime Frankie's back
The best of the week's live comedy
04/08/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Joe Rogan: I'd hate to be surrounded by gay men
No shock about shock comic's targets in new special
04/08/2024 … Joe Rogan has taken aim at gay people and transgender rights in his latest Netflix special.
Fri 02 August 2024
© Roland Saunders Fringe shows hit by major power blackout
Multiple performances stop... or continue in the street
02/08/2024 … Blackouts struck central Edinburgh today, forcing multiple Fringe shows to be cancelled – or continued into the street.