Could you be a 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Award judge?
Applications now open for public judges
03/05/2025 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have launched their annual appeal for die-hard comedy fans to join the judges.
2025 Archives
Sat 03 May 2025
Fri 02 May 2025
© 2025 Home Box Office, Inc Hacks is a compelling look at women's precarious place in the entertainment industry
02/05/2025 … The comedy-drama Hacks has returned for a solid fourth season that continues to be both funny and perceptive.
Matt Forde gets his first Radio 4 political comedy series
'An antidote to hearing the same old voices'
02/05/2025 … Matt Forde is to host his first Radio 4 comedy series.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Russell Brand granted bail
Ex-comic faces rape and sexual assault charges
02/05/2025 … Russell Brand has been granted bail over the charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault he faces.
Thu 01 May 2025
Elon Musk creates federal employee revenge porn database
01/05/2025 … The Trump administration is continuing to test the legal limits of its power, after Elon Musk announced he was creating a federal employee revenge porn database Last…
'The god of wind is racist'
Nish Kumar cancels NZ shows amid severe gusts
01/05/2025 … Nish Kumar has been forced to cancel two shows in New Zealand because of extreme weather conditions.
No second series for Chris McCausland’s talk show
Comic says he wants to follow 'other opportunities'
01/05/2025 … Chris McCausland’s talk show will not be returning for a second series.
Edinburgh Fringe partners with AI giant
...just days after MPs heard how the tech was a threat to comedy
01/05/2025 … The Edinburgh Fringe has signed a sponsorship deal with an AI company – just days after MPs heard how the technology was an existential threat to the…