© Ray Malone Fanny Bleach on reclaiming autonomy of her naked body
02/08/2026 … As her grotesque burlesque alter-ego Fanny Bleach, Emma Crowley-Bennett is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with The Nearly Naked Show.
© Netflix The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
02/08/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© Netflix ...and some comedy happens in Edinburgh – the pick of the week's gigs
02/08/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
02/08/2026 … Australian comedian Aidan Jones plays – and discusses – Chopin's Nocturne in E♭ Major in this extract from his Edinburgh Fringe…
...but her kids thought it was cool
02/08/2026 … She has long been a running joke in Alan Partridge's life - but now Sue Cook has complained that the repeated references to her are 'a bit of a pain in the…
© BBC Producers reportedly said 'boring' spin-off needed a revamp
02/08/2026 … Ellie Taylor is to host the Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two,It has been reported.
Reuben Kaye on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
01/08/2026 … As he prepares to return to the Edinburgh Fringe, Reuben Kaye, he talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh…
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Chelsea Birkby picks her comedy favourites
01/08/2026 … There are perfect jokes: Jamie D’Souza’s ‘My friend says I'm sexually frustrated just because I’m always peeling the label off the bottle……
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