New Edinburgh Fringe award for working-class acts
£1,500 prize to 'celebrate their sacrifice'
14/07/2026 … A new Edinburgh Fringe award will give a £1,5000 can prize to an act for whom going to the festival is a ‘massive financial risk’.
Tue 14 July 2026
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Let's talk about sex
Ten shows about sex and sex work
14/07/2026 … Here are ten shows about sex at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Benoît Prieur Which comedian took part in an amateur leg of the Tour De France?
14/07/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
'England’s oldest stand-up' dies at 81
Sha Wylie was a Brighton Fringe regular
14/07/2026 … Sha Wylie, who is believed to have been England’s oldest stand-up comedian, has died at the age of 81.
© Netflix Malaysian comic sued for joking that ex-PM's wife was scary
Harith Iskander vs the convicted criminal Rosmah Mansor
14/07/2026 … Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander is being sued by the wife of his country’s former Prime Minister for joking she was scary.
Top cast for audio sitcom about a 'blind idiot'
Including Steve Pemberton, Chloe Petts and Alison Steadman
14/07/2026 … Steve Pemberton, Chloe Petts and Alison Steadman are starring in a new audio sitcom about ‘being blind …and a bit of an idiot’.
Ali G seen in Wimbledon
As character is set for a film comeback
14/07/2026 … Sacha Baron Cohen has been spotted at Wimbledon in the guise of Ali G.
Jen Brister and Laura Smyth get Hunted
Comics pursued in latest celebrity edition of C4 show
14/07/2026 … Jen Brister and Laura Smyth are to take part in the next series of Celebrity Hunted.