'It’s difficult to tell jokes about Islam without upsetting people or being seen as too soft'
Interview with Muzlamic creators Aatif Nawaz and Ali Shahalom
19/07/2019 … Asian sketch show Muzlamic comes to BBC Three iPlayer on Monday.
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Fri 19 July 2019
Thu 18 July 2019
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten dubious honours
What does 'award-winning' really mean?
18/07/2019 … Does it sometimes feel like every comedian at Edinburgh describes themselves as an award-winner? There may be reason for that – the word ‘award’ appears no…
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten Taskmaster contestants
You've see them do silly things... now hear them say silly things
18/07/2019 … And finally this year - some people you probably already know about.
Wed 17 July 2019
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten contrarians
Ten acts challenging the liberal consensus
17/07/2019 … You can't say anything any more, apparently.
Tue 16 July 2019
What was the name of Papa Lazarou's circus
16/07/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: The BAME game
Ten black and minority ethnic British comedians
16/07/2019 … Comedy, and the Edinburgh Fringe, have made great strides in addressing the historic gender imbalance in the past decade, to the extent that comedy awards boss Nica…
Mon 15 July 2019
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows inspired by Shakespeare
15/07/2019 … The Bard always provides a hefty batch of shows in the theatre section of the Edinburgh Fringe programme.
Fri 12 July 2019
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten great titles
12/07/2019 … Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore Contrived name-based wordplay might have fallen out of fashion in recent years – by which we mean since Joe…