Fringe sets box office record
30/08/2010 … Almost two million tickets have been sold for Edinburgh Fringe shows this year, a new record.
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Mon 30 August 2010
5.4m toast Summer Wine's farewell
30/08/2010 … The final episode of Last of the Summer Wine was seen by 5.
30 Rock in a hard place
30/08/2010 … 30 Rock failed to win a single primetime Emmy award last night, despite receiving 15 nominations.
Sun 29 August 2010
Frank Chickens hailed as Comedy Gods
29/08/2010 … Japanese avant-garde collective Frank Chickens have officially topped the poll for the best ‘comedy god’, following a subversive internet campaign.
Sat 28 August 2010
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Gilbert lands his own BBC One series
28/08/2010 … Rhod Gilbert has landed his first BBC One series.
Third time lucky for Kane
28/08/2010 … Russell Kane has won this year’s Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award – on his third time of being nominated.
Stewart Lee wins an Edinburgh award
(But no, not the Foster's one)
28/08/2010 … Bo Burnham, Stewart Lee and Arthur Smith have all won alternative awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 27 August 2010
When banter goes bad
27/08/2010 … Bennett Arron caused something of an upset during his Fringe show this week, when he asked the audience if anyone had been arrested.