Freddie Flintoff to present Foster's award
20/08/2015 … ENGLAND Ashes hero Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff will present this year's Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award, alongside 2014 winner John Kearns.
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Thu 20 August 2015
Tue 18 August 2015
Flight Of The Concords write movie
'Who knows if it'll ever be made?'
18/08/2015 … Flight Of The Conchords have started writing a film.
Doug Stanhope returns to the UK
18/08/2015 … DOUG STANHOPE is returning to the UK for two-week tour in October.
Eddie Izzard sings Marlene Dietrich
...in surprise appearance at Glasgow pub
18/08/2015 … Eddie Izzard made a surprise performance at a Glasgow pub last night.
Mon 17 August 2015
'Happy' Howden dies
Comic had a 50-year club career
17/08/2015 … Scottish comedian Alex 'Happy' Howden has died, close to his 76th birthday.
Inbetweeners' James Buckley turns stand-up
...in a new film based on comic James Mullinger's life
17/08/2015 … Inbetweeners star James Buckley is to play an embittered journalist hoping to become a top stand-up comedian in a new movie based on a true story.
Sun 16 August 2015
Comedians reveal the secrets of the job
16/08/2015 … Comics including Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee and Sarah Millican have contributed to a new book about the inner workings of stand-up.
Sisters of mirthy
Susan Calman's sitcom and the rest of the comedy week ahead
16/08/2015 … The comedy week ahead.