HBO Max announces release dates for Rose Matafeo and James Veitch specials
05/08/2020 … Stand-up specials from Rose Matafeo and James Veitch are to drop on HBO Max on August 20, the American streaming service has announced.
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© Isabelle Adam ACMS stages a virtual Fringe run
Last year's shows to be repeated on YouTube
04/08/2020 … The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society is to put 15 of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe shows online during the time this year’s festival should have taken…
Funny Women announces its 2020 semi-finalists
04/08/2020 … The semi-finalists have been announced in this year’s Funny Women Stage Award.
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell How Red Dwarf producers feared Cat might be racist
...and other anecdotes from the making of the sitcom
04/08/2020 … The creators of Red Dwarf initially thought the preening, self-centred character of Cat might be racist, a new documentary recalls.
© Steve Ullathorne New radio comedy for Ashley Blaker - and his family
6.5 Children 'fiinds funny in raising children with disabilities’
04/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a new four-part series from comedian Ashley Blaker.
Underbelly launches Fringe fundraiser
...backed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
04/08/2020 … Major Edinburgh Fringe operator Underbelly has launched a fundraiser for the performers who were due to appear at its venues this year.
© Idil Sukan It's the Shedinburgh Fringe!
Comedians in another virtual festival to help fill the gapp
04/08/2020 … Sara Pascoe, Mark Thomas and Rosie Jones are among the comedians taking part in another virtual festival aiming to help fill the void left by the cancellation of…
Mon 03 August 2020
Piff The Magic Dragon wins Tournament of Laughs
03/08/2020 … Piff The Magic Dragon has been crowned winner of the Tournament of Laughs comedy competition run by America’s TBS TV network.