Ruby Carr: Bite Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
29/08/2026 … Perpetually full of beans and ‘insufferably delightful’ according to the headteacher at the school where she works, Ruby Carr’s sunny energy…
Sat 29 August 2026
© Ed Moore Harriet Dyer and Paul Foot share ISH comedy award
Sam Eley is best newcomer for Basil Crumbwick
29/08/2026 … Harriet Dyer and Paul Foot have been announced as the joint winners of best show at this year’s ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, sharing the £5,000 prize The…
Fri 28 August 2026
Chris Forbes named best Scottish comic at the Edinburgh Fringe
Christmas show scoops the first McTavish Award
28/08/2026 … Chris Forbes has won the first McTavish Award for the best Scottish comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fab Goualin: Mixed Messages
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2026 … Who gets to decide what’s authentic and what isn’t, Fab Goualin wonders in his debut show Mixed Messages.
Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2026 … It’s so obvious, he might as well talk about it.
B48Y Crash Lands on Earth!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
28/08/2026 … A luminous yellow, extremely camp alien crash-lands into a gay bar to deliver a chaotic, lively and poignant exploration of queer identity and otherness.
© BBC BBC exec admits Here We Go was a hard sell
...as creator Tom Basden talks about his writing process
28/08/2026 … The BBC struggled to market Here We Go when it first hit screens, one of its executives has admitted.
What the TV industry is getting wrong about social media creators
According to a panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival
28/08/2026 … Broadcasters should not try to replicate online comedy hits – but try to tap into creators’ talents to make new TV shows, the Edinburgh TV Festival heard…