Bucket
09/08/2015 … There’s been a Cardinal Burns-shaped hole in the comedy world since we lost them to telly, but Bucket do a pretty good job of filling it – and not just because…
Sun 09 August 2015
Leggoland
09/08/2015 … Colin Leggo has put together an engaging hour’s show here, the story of losing his leg 14 months ago and subsequently getting his life back on track.
The Wonderful World of Lieven Scheire
09/08/2015 … At the start of his show, Lieven Scheire explains that he’s going to tell us all about Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.
Bit of a cock-up on the mortality front
Reggie Perrin creator David Nobbs dies at 80
09/08/2015 … David Nobbs, the creator of Reginald Perrin, has died at the age of 80.
BBC must advertise the new comedy it makes
Plea from Edinburgh Comedy Awards boss
09/08/2015 … The producer of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards has called on the BBC not to neglect new talent once BBC Three moves online only.
Hitchhikers' original Trillian dies
09/08/2015 … Susan Sheridan, who played Trillian in the original radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, has died aged 68.
Limmy makes the bestseller list
09/08/2015 … LIMMY'S book Daft Wee Stories has entered the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list at No 5, after selling 1,465 copies in its first week on release.
Where 'attendance' is a four-letter word
Chris Betts on playing the Edinburgh Fringe
09/08/2015 … A lot of people have been asking me what advice I’d give to new comics going to Edinburgh, which seeing as it’s only my third year at the Fringe and my first…