2020's full Edinburgh Fringe programme revealed
(It's just Arthur Smith doing his walks)
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Rob Brydon launches a YouTube interview show
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Matt Forde writes his first book
Satirist Matt Forde has written his first book, mixing…
Mark Silcox, Sean Lock and Michael Spicer join Diane Morgan's Mandy
Comedians Mark Silcox, Michael Spicer and Jackie…
Montreal’s Just For Laughs goes online
Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival is…
New images from Truth Seekers released
Amazon Prime has today released some new images Nick…
BBC to record a new TV stand-up show
The BBC has announced a new stand-up series designed…
Live At The Apollo put on hold
The next series of Live At The Apollo – its 16th – has been put on hold…
Chortle's Fast Fringe is back!
Chortle’s Fast Fringe is back - as a virtual event. Richard Herring, Nick…
Ricky Gervais backs comedy club fundraiser
Ricky Gervais has backed a fundraising campaign for the comedy club that gave him…
Mel Giedroyc is returning to Channel 4 with a new challenge show putting Britain's…
It's been a while since we've run this once-regular column, but with smatterings…
Idris Elba returns In The Long Run
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Features
Disney+? I just bought some cheap DVDs instead
In The Long Run, Idris Elba’s comedy based on his upbringing in 1980s London,…
In which year was Richard Herring's podcast RHLSTP first released?
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‘Hope has so much to do with writing'
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As soon as I feel the wind in my scalp, I feel like I'm Jock
The Young Offenders – the coming-of-age comedy about loveable rogues Conor…
Greg Davies played which historical figure in Chucklevision?
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Disability need not be a punchline
In British television comedy, disabled people are often the butt of cheap jokes:…
Reviews
Today's comedy-on demand picks
The comic yesterday launched a new YouTube interview series, kicking off with Stephen Merchant. The conversation covers what happened when Merchant met Sir Paul McCartney, helped Bruce Springsteen to crowd surf and went pole dancing in a Hollywood mansion, and more...
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... including a new podcast from Poppy Hillstead , co-host of the Gossipmongers podcast, and Chortle's Fast Fringe goes digital.
Other news
Off Menu hits 30 million downloads
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Paddy McGuinness to host new BBC game show
Paddy McGuinness has been announced as the host of…
Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer's spy comedy Intelligence is to air in Canada. The…
Montreal's Just For Laughs moves to the radio
The Just For Laughs comedy festival has announced a raft of programming on paid-for…
Urzila Carlson joins The Masked Singer Australia
New Zealand based comedian Urzila Carlson has joined the judging panel of The Masked…
Spitting Image sold to Belgium
The revived version of Spitting Image has been sold to Belgium. The country’s…
Baby Cow appoints new comedy development producer
Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow has appointed a new comedy development…
Jason Manford signs up for Soccer Relief
Jason Manford has been named as the first star to be taking part in this year’s…
Punching Up
Too many spoonfuls of sugar?
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Michael Spicer's Room Next Door mentioned in Parliament
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Videos
Comedian Thomas Millett has launched a new character comedy web series.
In the first episode of Erique Gibbon's Bland Companions, he plays Archie Dink, a man obsessed with winning all the Guinness World Records no one wants.
New episodes will be released on YouTube every fortnight.
The man with the most world records
First in a new character comedy web series
Rachel Parris and Nish Kumar on Hello America
Suggesting the US needs its own royal family
Stars voice animals in new London Zoo ad
Lee Mack's new BBC comedy