Comedy promoter is Slimming World’s Man of the Year
James Garner lost 12stone 3lbs
19/08/2025 … A comedy promoter says losing more than 12 stone has given him the confidence to attend the Edinburgh Fringe to scout new talent for the first time.
2025 Punching Up
Tue 19 August 2025
Sun 17 August 2025
It's the Edinb-ruff Fringe
Meet some of the dogs of the festival
17/08/2025 … As we head into the last week of the Fringe, here are four entirely gratuitous pictures of dogs their comedian owners have brought to Edinburgh to boost your…
Sat 16 August 2025
Penny for your joke...
Tom Mayhew wins the smallest award on the Fringe
16/08/2025 … Of all the alternatives that sprang up to replace Dave’s Joke Of The Fringe, the Pegasus Comedy Award must be the least impressive.
© Jordan Pettitt / PA Images/ Alamy Oasis vs Kate Smurthwaite, round 2
Noel Gallagher's jibe at 'left-wing lesbian atheist'
16/08/2025 … It seems like a one-sided fight, but Noel Gallagher has slammed Free Fringe comedian Kate Smurthwaite while on stage at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium.
Fri 15 August 2025
Rob Beckett: I was ‘frogmarched’ out of Mick Jagger's birthday party
Comic admits he'd had too much to drink
15/08/2025 … You might have thought Mick Jagger would be OK with some rock and roll excess.
Thu 07 August 2025
Comedian Kim Blythe launches her own beer
A blueberry, honeyberry and limoncello sorbet sour.
07/08/2025 … Glasgow comedian Kim Blythe has teamed up with cult brewery Vault City to create a beer to tie in with her Edinburgh Fringe show.
© BBC Britain picks its favourite panel show moments...
And of course Bob Mortimer is top
07/08/2025 … Bob Mortimer’s surreal stories on Would I Lie To You? are Britain’s favourite panel show moments, a new survey has found.
Wed 06 August 2025
Tony Robinson: Prejudice against small men really pisses me off
And how a seven-year-old Emma Thompson used to cheat at poker
06/08/2025 … Tony Robinson has told how he was a teenage gambler – and how a seven-year-old Emma Thompson used to help her dad cheat at cards.