Dave's Joke Of The Fringe cancelled
No prize for punmanship this year
21/07/2025 … It garners far more column inches than the official Edinburgh Comedy Awards – but Dave’s Joke Of The Fringe award is being dropped after 18 years.
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Mon 21 July 2025
Fred MacAulay reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
‘I'm determined not to let it get me down'
21/07/2025 … Fred MacAulay has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Sun 20 July 2025
© Stuart Hogben Live at the marquees
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20/07/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC/Richard Harrison Mandy and Here We Go both return
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Tina Fey and Charlie Brooker join Edinburgh TV Festival
With Munya Chawawa delivering the alternative MacTaggart lecture,
20/07/2025 … Tina Fey, Charlie Brooker and Munya Chawawa have joined the speakers at next month’s Edinburgh TV Festival.
Fri 18 July 2025
© Expectation/C4 The Change is over
A ‘huge blow’ as Channel 4 drops Bridget Christie comedy
18/07/2025 … Channel 4 has dropped Bridget Christie’s comedy The Change, despite the comedian’s plans to end the story with a third series.
AXED: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Critics say cancellation was a political sop to Donald Trump
18/07/2025 … American comedy talk show institution The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is to end in May, the CBS network has unexpectedly announced.
Thu 17 July 2025
© C4 Meet the comics on C4's A Comedy Thing
Line-up and formats for new digital channel announced
17/07/2025 … Channel 4 has revealed the comedians and formats to feature on its new digital channel dedicated to comedy.