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Channel 4 renews Rufus Jones's asylum-seeker comedy
20/08/2019 … Rufus Jones's asylum seeker sitcom Home is returning for a second series, Chortle can reveal.
Tue 20 August 2019
That vegetable joke isn't fresh!
Noel James had been using the award-winning gag long before Olaf Falafel
20/08/2019 … The Dave Joke Of The Fringe competition is facing a new controversy, after it emerged that Olaf Falafel was not the first to crack it.
© James Deacon Goodbear: Dougal
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
20/08/2019 … One of my favourites this year, Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment have created an outstanding sketch show that slinks along, morphing from one thing to another so seamlessly…
Michael Odewale: #BlackBearsMatter
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
20/08/2019 … One of the more anticipated debuts of this Fringe is by Michael Odewale, who bagged the nest new show title at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Jen Brister: Under Privilege
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
20/08/2019 … This is a phenomenal display of sinewy stand-up performance.
© Adrian Tauss Ryan Dalton: When Nature Calls
Edinburgh Fringe review by Julia Chamberlain
20/08/2019 … Ryan Dalton offers a lively debut show, bristling with energy and confidence.
A comedy show that felt like a political rally
Russell Hicks offers an analysis of fellow stand-up Lee Camp's show
20/08/2019 … On Sunday night I went to see Lee Camp, above, at the Backyard Comedy Club.