He was the first comedian who actually sounded like my Jamaican father
Josephine Lacey picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites
08/08/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe comedian Josephine Lacey picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.
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Thu 08 August 2024
Wed 07 August 2024
Turning FOMO into JOMO (the joy of missing out)
The Hairy Godmothers on the best and worst of Edinburgh
07/08/2024 … The Hairy Godmothers are on at the Edinburgh Fringe with two separate Disney In Drag parody shows, alternating at Assembly George Square at 10.
Can you separate a person from their art? With Louis CK, I try to
Schalk Bezuidenhout's comedy favourites
07/08/2024 … South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout shares his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.
Tue 06 August 2024
© BBC How many episodes of Last of the Summer Wine were there?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz – with a Yorkshire bent
06/08/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
The authentic foodie secrets that make Edinburgh so special
Josh Glanc on the best and the worst of the Fringe
06/08/2024 … Josh Glanc is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his show Family Man at Monkey Barrel at 3.
© Fudge Park / BBC 'I love him and I hope he’s in my life forever'
Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey on their new BBC sitcom Daddy Issues
06/08/2024 … BBC Three’s new comedy Daddy Issues – in which 24-year-old Gemma is forced to flatshare with her useless divorced dad Malcolm after becoming pregnant…
'He's the best sketch writer alive and it's crazy more people don’t know him'
Sid Singh picks his comedy favourites
06/08/2024 … Edinburgh Fringe comedian Sid Singh – who’s performing two shows at this year’s festival – shares his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites… Hi(nes)…
Mon 05 August 2024
Love the Fringe, hate the brutal, capitalist logics of it
Tom Ballard on the best and worst of Edinburgh
05/08/2024 … Australian political comic Tom Ballard is in Edinburgh with his new show Good Point Well Made at Monkey Barrel Comedy at 4.