Mo Gilligan launches a podcast
Interviewing stars about their legacies
21/08/2024 … Mo Gilligan has launched a podcast, Beginning, Middle & End, in which he asks stars about the moments that made them and the legacy they want to leave behind.
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The 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards nominees are...
Shortlists announced at the Fringe
21/08/2024 … The nominees have been announced for this year's Edinburgh comedy awards.
Alex Horne writes a Taskmaster companion
With The Spreadsheet Gentleman Jack Bernhardt
21/08/2024 … A book celebrating a decade of Taskmaster is to be released in time for Christmas.
ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards announces 2024 shortlists
23 shows in the running for prizes
21/08/2024 … The nominees for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have been announced, just hours before the shortlist for the Fringe’s original comedy award.
© BBC It Ain't Half Hot Mum's John Clegg dies at 90
Actor played La Di Da Gunner Graham in all 56 episodes
21/08/2024 … John Clegg, who played La Di Da Gunner Graham, in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died at the age of 90.
The funniest Jewish jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe
21/08/2024 … The best Jewish jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe have been revealed.
Liverpool greenlights Ken Dodd Happiness Centre
How tickled they are to get planning permission
21/08/2024 … Plans have been approved for The Sir Ken Dodd Happiness Centre to go ahead in Liverpool.
Are these the best posters at the Edinburgh Fringe?
21/08/2024 … Abi Clarke and the double bill of Iain Pringle and Paddy Linton have the best comedy posters at the Edinburgh Fringe, it has been decided.