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Videos
Here's stand-up comedian Hannah Byczkowski talks about disliking tattoos in this extract from her 2026 Edinburgh Fringe show, Killer.
She was first inked at 17, an age she considers too young now she is 'fat, knackered, haggard and shattered'... and the tattoo has not stood the test of time.
Killer is on at Gilded Balloon Teviot at 17:10.
Byczkowski was joint winner of the first series of The Traitors – and she writes about how that affected her comedy career here
The footage was shot at Chortle's Fast Fringe, which returns to Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
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Hannah Byczkowski on hating tattoos
Extract from her Edinburgh debut
Jonathan Oldfield: The man who's visited every Zizzi’s in the UK
Character comedy from the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe
Extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show
Aidan Jones on Chopin's Nocturne in E♭ Major
At Chortle's Fast Fringe