'Pure silliness is difficult to get right'
Stevie Martin picks her comedy favourites
30/07/2019 … Airplane The first proper grown-up comedy film I saw as a kid is still my favourite.
Perfect Playlist
Here comedians choose half-a-dozen or so of their favourite comedy moments, illustrated with clips. Whether it's just the things that make them laugh or important influences on their careers, these selections reveal what makes their comedy brains tick.
Tue 30 July 2019
Mon 29 July 2019
'It was obscene and grotesque and made me scream laughing'
Flo & Joan – aka sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. – pick their comedy favourites
29/07/2019 … Roald Dahl We were obsessed with Roald Dahl as kids and our favourite book was Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhyme’.
Sun 28 July 2019
Deeply insightful about the worst corners of humanity... while being extraordinarily clownish
Ben Van Der Velde picks his comedy favourites
28/07/2019 … Victor Borge I adore Tim Minchin, Bill Bailey and had my mind blown when my Dad introduced me to the lyrical and manual dexterity of Tom Lehrer,…
Sat 27 July 2019
'What a relief and a joy it is to see someone truly be themselves'
Musical theatre star and comedian AJ Holmes picks his comedy favourites
27/07/2019 … AJ Holmes, who spent the last few years travelling the world as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, shares his Perfect Playlist before hitting the Edinburgh…
Fri 26 July 2019
'Glee, silliness and cleverness all at once'
Former Perrier-winner Will Adamsdale shares his comedy favourites ahead of his return to the Fringe
26/07/2019 … Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian Something about Stew's boldness with the audience really stayed with me.
Thu 25 July 2019
Take a techno DJ, a Siberian forest and a sparse audience of 11-year-olds...
Olga Koch chooses her comedy favourites
25/07/2019 … Patti Harrison Performs the Song She Wrote for Dua Lipa Quite frankly, I can watch Patti Harrison do virtually anything.
Tue 23 July 2019
'The most arresting bit of storytelling I've seen'
Sara Barron shares her comedy favourites, ahead of her Edinburgh Fringe run
23/07/2019 … Girls' Trip/Tiffany Haddish on Jimmy Kimmel This one's a bit of a double-bump – a 'two-for-the-price-of-one', if you will – and here's…
Mon 22 July 2019
If you're going to watch one show with zero people of colour in it, make it this one...
London Hughes picks her comedy favourites
22/07/2019 … My Wife And Kids I used to think this show was genius as a kid, so funny, so culturally black but in a non-stereotypical way.