1. Famous people
15/07/2013 … Our annual lists of Fringe highlights – one each weekday for the next fortnight and arbitrarily categorised and ordered – starts with the people who need…
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Mon 15 July 2013
Thu 11 July 2013
Bishop in China
Des talks to Jay Richardson about his latest challenge
11/07/2013 … Des Bishop is on a break from his job as a restaurant welcomer when I ring him in Hegang, a Chinese city on the border with Russia.
Tue 09 July 2013
© BBC/Fremantle Productions TV review: Count Arthur Strong
Steve Bennett on last night's opening episode
09/07/2013 … Since the ratings success of old-fashioned sitcoms such as Mrs Brown’s Boys and Miranda, the BBC has looked backwards for inspiration as it searches for its next…
Mon 08 July 2013
The World's End
08/07/2013 … Through Spaced and Shaun Of The Dead, Simon Pegg made his name by playing the millennial slacker, an adult trapped in a teenager’s mindset.
Tue 02 July 2013
When comics and musicians collide
Ten genuine(ish) musical collaborations
02/07/2013 … With Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock all working – or rumoured to be working – with musicians on future projects, here’s our entirely arbitrary…
© BBC/Fremantle Productions Strong stuff
Count Arthur creator Steve Delaney on his new BBC Two sitcom
02/07/2013 … After a seven hit radio series, and a successful cult career on the Edinburgh Fringe, Count Arthur Strong is coming to TV, with a BBC Two series due to start on…
Wed 26 June 2013
© BBC 'If we didn't get along it would all fall apart'
Pappy's on their BBC Three show Badults
26/06/2013 … After being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and winning a 2013 Chortle gong, sketch trio Pappy’s – aka Tom Parry, Matthew Crosby and Ben Clark – have…
Tue 25 June 2013
Take my advice...
20 quotes from the Chortle comedy conference
25/06/2013 … • Alex Petty, Laughing Horse: ‘Comedy looks easy to get into but it is a long slog.