Sat 18 August 2018
'He captures the unfiltered visceral urge within most black comics'
Ola The Comedian picks his comedy favourites
18/08/2018 … Dave Chappelle: Aids I often credit Dave Chappelle, his For What It’s Worth special and specifically this Aids bit with making me want to do stand-up.
Netflix axes comedians' shows
Michelle Wolf and Joel McHale cancelled
18/08/2018 … Netflix has pulled the plug on two of its topical shows, The Break with Michelle Wolf, and The Joel McHale Show.
Fri 17 August 2018
It's Seann Waltz!
Seann Walsh joins Strictly Come Dancing
17/08/2018 … Seann Walsh has joined the next series of Strictly Come Dancing The comic– who has starred in Jack Dee’s ITV sitcom Bad Move as well as being…
Arthur Smith: Syd
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
17/08/2018 … Arthur Smith is here to provide a bit of perspective to the festival of navel-gazing that is Edinburgh, with this touching show about his father, Syd, who died in…
'I was interrupted by the screams of an angry chef'
The Big Ask: What is the worst venue in Edinburgh
17/08/2018 … The Gothic Room at the Three Sisters (Free Sisters) in Cowgate at half past midnight: that was my venue in the first Fringe.
Emma Sidi: Faces Of Grace
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
17/08/2018 … All five women in Emma Sidi’s latest character comedy showcase are lost in some way or another, feeling rejected by the world and searching for the one thing…
Secrets of the sea
17/08/2018 … Tweets of the week The reason waves foam when they crash is because of plankton.