ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards longlist 60 Fringe shows

21/08/2026 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their longlists of 60 Fringe acts in the running for this year’s awards: 39 for best show, 21 for best newcomer.

Comedian fined £2,500 for calling a woman fat from the stage

Israeli court rules that the exchange was defamation

20/08/2026 … A comedian has been ordered to pay almost £2,500 to a woman he mocked as fat from the stage A Tel Aviv court found that Vova Tamarkin’s comments went…

Olaf Falafel wins the (Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe

Are these the best one-liners at the Edinburgh festival?

19/08/2026 … Comedian Olaf Falafel has won the (Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe 2026 with the line: ’I remember thinking, as I taped a piranha to my boomerang,…

Taskmaster series 22 air date confirmed

Show returns next month

19/08/2026 … Channel 4 has confirmed that Taskmaster will return at 10pm on September 3.

BBC axes Only Child

No third series for Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh's comedy

19/08/2026 … The BBC has cancelled Scottish sitcom Only Child after two series, star Gregor Fisher has revealed.

Questions Leicester Comedy Festival bosses MUST answer

What happened to comedians' money?

19/08/2026 … The leading comedy industry group is demanding answers to just how much organisers of the Leicester Comedy Festival knew about their financial woes before collapsing…

Meet the 2026 Birmingham Breaking Talent hopefuls

Comedy festival reveals its tips for the top

19/08/2026 … The five acts in the running for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2026 have been revealed.

Harriet Kemsley and Finlay Christie to make their Mock The Week debuts

Panel show returns September 13

19/08/2026 … Harriet Kemsley and Finlay Christie will be making their Mock The Week debuts on the next series of the panel show.