© BBC/Zeppotron Comics join League Of Their Own Road Trip
Filming starts in Spain next week
20/08/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan, Alan Carr, Lee Mack and Tom Davis are to take part in the next League Of Their Own Road Trip.
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Who's on Chortle's Fast Fringe
Line-ups for our daily Edinburgh showcase
20/08/2019 … Here is the provisional line-up for Chortle's Fast Fringe for the next few shows.
Amused Moose picks its new comedy champion
Babatunde Aleshi crowned at Edinburgh Fringe
20/08/2019 … Babatunde Aleshi has won this year’s Amused Moose National New Comic award.
Mon 19 August 2019
Broccoli pun 'is offensive to Tourette's sufferers'
Charity demands apology from Fringe comic Olaf Falafel
19/08/2019 … It might seem like a harmless pun – but the line named ‘joke of the Fringe’ today has been slammed as offensive.
Sky sets air date for Sarah Kendall's Frayed
1980s-set comedy launches next month
19/08/2019 … Sky One has announced that Sarah Kendall’s new comedy Frayed is to launch on September 26.
Jason Manford describes terrifying road-rage chase
Crazed driver followed him for 80 miles
19/08/2019 … Jason Manford has told of his terror of being chased for 80 miles by a crazed road-rage driver.
© Raffi Asdourian/CC BY 2.0 Channel 4 orders a satirical comedy horror series
19/08/2019 … Channel 4 has commissioned a satirical comedy-horror series from film-maker Ben Wheatley.
Adam Hills is back on Australian TV
As music quiz Spicks and Specks returns
19/08/2019 … Adam Hills is returning to Australian TV.