Jonny Pelham scoops a Herald Angel award
Accolade for his Edinburgh Fringe show
18/08/2019 … Comedian Jonny Pelham has won a Herald Angel award for his Edinburgh Fringe show.
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Sun 18 August 2019
Revealed: The best posters in Edinburgh
Awards handed out at the Fringe
18/08/2019 … The posters for Jessica Fostekew and Sofie Hagen’s Fringe shows have won this year’s Edinburgh poster awards.
Sat 17 August 2019
Ruby Wax hurt in horse fall
Comic cancels her Edinburgh Fringe run
17/08/2019 … Ruby Wax has been forced to cancel her Edinburgh Fringe shows after injuring her back in a fall from a horse.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Olivia Colman to guest star in The Simpsons
17/08/2019 … She’s won an Oscar and now Olivia Colman is to achieve an even greater accolade: making a guest appearance on The Simpsons.
Fri 16 August 2019
© C4 Aisling Bea joins Who Wants To Be A Millionaire drama
As an ITV exec during the 'coughing' scandal
16/08/2019 … Aisling Bea has been cast as an ITV executive in a new drama about how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an ‘audacious heist’ on the quiz show Who Wants…
Jimmy Kimmel sketch costs broadcaster £325,000
...for using emergency alert tones
16/08/2019 … Jimmy Kimmel’s US talk show has been fined £325,000 for using the emergency warning tone in a comedy sketch.
Stephen Fry to present the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Star won the first ever accolade in 1981
16/08/2019 … Stephen Fry is to present Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award to the best show on the Fringe.