Edinburgh Fringe shows come to Samsung TV Plus
15 shows available under deal with NextUp
12/08/2025 … Fifteen Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows are to be made available on Samsung smart TVs.
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Tue 12 August 2025
© Em Humble Loads of comedians join Icklewick FM
Radio 4 comedy returns this month
12/08/2025 … A host of comedy talent is joining the cast of Radio 4’s surreal improvised comedy Icklewick FM for its second series.
Chortle crowns TWO student winners
Award shared for the first time in 20 years
12/08/2025 … The Chortle Student Comedy Award has crowned joint winners for the first time in its 20-year history.
Mon 11 August 2025
Brian Cox cancels tour
Star says he's not ready to take his one-man show on the road
11/08/2025 … Succession star Brian Cox has postponed his first one-man tour It’s All About Me!, saying he’s been too busy.
Sun 10 August 2025
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10/08/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
How Saturday Night Live almost never made it to air
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
10/08/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 12 ROOM 101: Stephen Mangan attempts to send loud motorbikes, autumn and…
© Jordan Pettitt / PA Images/ Alamy Liam Gallagher blasts Edinburgh Fringe as 'thick shit'
Oasis star hits back over criticism
10/08/2025 … They have been blamed for exacerbating the Edinburgh Fringe accommodation crisis and driving punters away from festival shows.
Sat 09 August 2025
Mark Steel to front McLibel podcast
BBC series about the ongest-running case in English legal history.
09/08/2025 … Mark Steel is fronting a new BBC Sounds podcast about the ‘McLibel’ trial, the longest-running case in English legal history.