Edinburgh's big venues launch Love The Fringe
Membership scheme for cheap tickets and other offers
11/06/2024 … The biggest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe have combined to offer a membership scheme offering free tickets and cut-price food and drink.
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Tue 11 June 2024
© BBC Who Do You Think You Are? to profile Paddy McGuinness' family
Grandfather 'had a key role in WW2'
11/06/2024 … Paddy McGuinness is to learn about his family history in the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? In the BBC series, the comedian finds out about his grandfather’s…
Mon 10 June 2024
Radio 4 show for Jim Smith
About his life as a working farmer
10/06/2024 … Scottish comedian Jim Smith is to front a new Radio 4 show about his day job as a working farmer in Perthshire.
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Liverpool's Laughterhouse and London's 21Soho owe thousands
10/06/2024 … Comedians collectively owed thousands of pounds by Liverpool’s Laughterhouse comedy club have gone public with their concerns.
Sophie Duker to host the Rose d’Or awards
Entries open for the international TV accolades
10/06/2024 … Sophie Duker is to host this year’s prestigious Rose d’Or international TV awards, it has been announced.
Channel 4 pilots James Acaster quiz People Person
Show promises to 'defy expectations of a traditional panel game'
10/06/2024 … Channel 4 has ordered a pilot episode of the James Acaster quiz show People Person.
Sun 09 June 2024
Father Dougal to meet the Pope
Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick Kielty and Stephen Merchant get an audience at the Vatican
09/06/2024 … Comedians Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, Patrick Kielty and Stephen Merchant are all having an audience with The Pope this week.
© BBC/James Stack Inside No 9's final twist
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
09/06/2024 … Our pick of the very limited comedy offering on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday June 9 THE ALL STAR EUROS SKETCH SHOW: BBC Scotland celebrates…