Finlay Christie wins So You Think You're Funny?
Edinburgh new act hunt in its 32nd year
22/08/2019 … Finlay Christie has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Thu 22 August 2019
How to avoid offence in comedy – if you want to
TV executives discuss the do's and don'ts of tackling sensitive topics
22/08/2019 … Authenticity is the key to avoiding offence in comedy, a panel of TV executives have concluded.
Joz Norris and Laura Lexx win Comedians' Choice Awards
Winning the acclaim of their peers at the Edinburgh Fringe
22/08/2019 … Joz Norris and Laura Lexx have won this yea’s Comedians' Choice Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Amanda Redman to star in new comedy about becoming a mum at 63
22/08/2019 … BBC One has commissioned a new comedy pilot about a woman who becomes a mother again at 63.
© ThisIsAce/CC BY-SA 3.0 Taking a Pounding
Store under fire for comedy writing job that pays £1 a joke
22/08/2019 … Poundland has come under fire after advertising for a freelance joke-writer – but paying just £1 per gag.
© Channel 4 'Some comedians don't have the right kind of audience for TV'
Producer admits that stand-ups need to fit into a pigeonhole
22/08/2019 … Some comedians don’t make it to TV because they don’t have the right kind of audience, a leading producer had admitted.
Malcolm Hardee Awards announce their 2019 nominees
For comic originality, cunning stunt, and 'act most likely to make a million quid'
22/08/2019 … The nominations for this year's Malcolm Hardee Awards – which has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe after a year's hiatus, have been announced.
Sky announces a second series of Brassic
...before the first has even aired
22/08/2019 … Sky has announced that it’s new comedy Brassic will get a second series – on the very day that the first launches.