Is the Dome doomed?
Plans to demolish Pleasance venue
11/08/2015 … The Pleasance Dome could be demolished within two years, changing the landscape of the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Tue 11 August 2015
ITV drop Mel & Sue
11/08/2015 … ITV has dropped Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins' daytime chat show.
Mon 10 August 2015
Top Gear director wins comedy prize
Henry Dalton heads to New York with Bafta
10/08/2015 … A former Top Gear director has won a top new comedy writing competition.
Please end this ban on funding comedy
An open letter to Arts Council England chief Darren Henley
10/08/2015 … To: Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England.
Comedians deserve Arts Council funding
Plea for quango to drop its comedy ban
10/08/2015 … Comedians have launched a public campaign to persuade the Arts Council to relax its blanket ban on funding comedy.
Sun 09 August 2015
Hitchhikers' original Trillian dies
09/08/2015 … Susan Sheridan, who played Trillian in the original radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, has died aged 68.
BBC must advertise the new comedy it makes
Plea from Edinburgh Comedy Awards boss
09/08/2015 … The producer of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards has called on the BBC not to neglect new talent once BBC Three moves online only.