So I'm single...
Naz Osmanoglu on going it alone after years with a sketch group
18/08/2017 … I’m not sure how other comics work, but the other day I found myself walking around in my pants with piles of books sellotaped to my shoes.
Fri 18 August 2017
Al Porter in: Campus Maximus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
18/08/2017 … As if Al Porter wasn’t already committed to camp comedy, Edinburgh’s most showbiz comedian has ramped it up for his latest show, Campus Maximus.
Late Night Gimp Fight at Chortle's Fast Frineg
Can they do five sketches in three minutes?
18/08/2017 … Late Night Gimp Fight tried to cram five sketches into three minutes when they appeared at Chortle's Fast Fringe.
When a Star Trek Doctor's in the house
18/08/2017 … Half-Scottish, half-Filipino comedian Rik Carranza speaks about his fanboy love of Star Trek in his Edinburgh show.
Thu 17 August 2017
© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Dick Gregory admitted to hospital
Mystery illness strikes comic, 84
17/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian Dick Gregory has been admitted to hospital with a ‘serious’ medical condition.
Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.
Zach & Viggo
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
17/08/2017 … Last year, the debutant Norwegian-American double act of Zach Zucker and Viggo Venn impressed with their high-energy, tightly choreographed shenanigans.
A Noble effort
Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4
17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.