C4 picks Flowers
Julian Barratt and Olivia Colman to star in 'imaginative, cinematic comedy'
26/08/2015 … Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt are to join forces for a dark new Channel 4 comedy.
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Wed 26 August 2015
A real magic moment
Watch conjuror Neil Henry propose on stage at the Fringe
26/08/2015 … Magician Neil Henry has proposed to his girlfriend – via a trick he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.
ITV pilots black and Asian comedies
Sketch, stand-up and hidden camera shows
26/08/2015 … ITV2 is piloting four comedy series featuring black and Asian talent.
See the Misery Loves Comedy documentary
26/08/2015 … Misery Loves Comedy – a new documentary in which 50 comedy legends discuss their motives and inspirations – is being released in selected cinemas next week.
Tue 25 August 2015
BBC drops House Of Fools
End of the line for Vic & Bob's sitcom
25/08/2015 … BBC Two has axed Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's sitcom House of Fools.
Free Fringe comic thrown out of his venue
Stephen Carlin falls victim to rivalry
25/08/2015 … Stand-up Stephen Carlin has been thrown out of his Free Fringe slot for appearing in a show at a rival venue.
Andy Field scoops Chortle Student title
25/08/2015 … ANDY FIELD, a 23-year-old creative writing masters student at Brunel University in West London, won the final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh…
Mon 24 August 2015
And the joke of the Fringe is...
Darren Walsh's pun scoops the title
24/08/2015 … Darren Walsh has claimed the funniest joke of the Fringe with his line: 'I just deleted all the German names off my phone.