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.
Sat 16 August 2025
© 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.
Mon 04 August 2025
© Alex Lake Romesh's bakery is on a roll
04/08/2025 … The bakery co-owned by Romesh Ranganathan is opening another branch.
Fri 01 August 2025
The biggest award just got bigger
Ridiculous NextUp trophy back at the Edinburgh Fringe
01/08/2025 … The literal biggest award in comedy is back - and bigger than ever.