'Zoom gigs are terrible, no one likes them'
Rick Molland celebrates the return of live comedy... and the Fringe
10/08/2021 … Rick Molland is the resident compere at Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel comedy club.
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Tue 10 August 2021
© Fox What is the name of the family in Bob's Burgers?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... with a food and drink theme
10/08/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 09 August 2021
'Edinburgh Fringe is like giving birth'
Festival Q&A with comedian Eleanor Conway
09/08/2021 … Eleanor Conway is known for her shows about sex, addiction and dating: Walk Of Shame, its sequel, and You May Recognise Me From Tinder.
Sun 08 August 2021
This show is my most raw self laid bare...
Q&A with Edinburgh Fringe comedian Isabelle Farrah
08/08/2021 … Isabelle Farrah is a British-Lebanese actor, comedian, and writer, whose Edinburgh Fringe show Ellipsis, at Assembly Roxy, looks at the public and private faces…
Fri 06 August 2021
I'm pretty sure he didn't really know the Chuckle Brothers...
Edinburgh Fringe performer Paul Aitchison on his most memorable gigs
06/08/2021 … Paul Aitchison of sketch act Mixed Doubles is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe later this month with his character comedy and magic show Could It Be Magic? Here he…
Thu 05 August 2021
'The rate of jokes per minute is so high...'
Edinburgh Fringe performer Brendan Murphy on Friends and his other favourite comedies
05/08/2021 … Brendan Murphy is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe later this month with Friend (The One With Gunther)… an hour-long dash through all 236 episodes of the hit…
Wed 04 August 2021
'They didn't want my comedy, they wanted me to open a toilet'
Aaron Simmonds recalls his most memorable gigs
04/08/2021 … Later this month, Aaron Simmonds take his stand-up show Hot Wheel – named in honour of a reductive but pretty cool nickname he once got because of his wheelchair…
Tue 03 August 2021
© BBC W1A used the same theme tune as which kids' TV show?
03/08/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.