© Sheep Purple/CC BY-SA 2.0 Beeb's banana boot slip-up
University Challenge credited the wrong artist with creating Connolly's footwear
19/07/2017 … The BBC has admitted it slipped up over Billy Connolly’s banana boots.
Wed 19 July 2017
© Sheep Purple/CC BY-SA 2.0 Mon 17 July 2017
Paid in piercings
Elf Lyons recalls her oddest Free Fringe donation
17/07/2017 … For comedians bringing free shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, what they collect in the bucket afterwards can have as much to do with an audience member's economic…
Waxing lyrical
Ruby's daughters make their Fringe debut
17/07/2017 … Few new comedy duos could expect a 2,000-word feature in The Times to promote their Edinburgh debut.
Fri 14 July 2017
POTUS and the parsnip
14/07/2017 … Tweets of the week Trump could say parsnips are ghost carrots & Fox News would have a paranormal vegetable expert on verifying his claim.
Thu 13 July 2017
Eddie Izzard: The thought of wearing a dress made me sick
Unexpected admission from a transvestite comedian
13/07/2017 … He's the world's most famous 'action transvestite'.
Tue 11 July 2017
No nipples please...
Fake boobs pixellated in Kit Harington comedy sketch
11/07/2017 … We know American network TV is famously prudish when it comes to nudity.
Comic breaks his collarbone
Stephen Grant hurt in bike crash
11/07/2017 … Comedian Stephen Grant has broken his collarbone in two places after a nasty bicycle crash on Sunday.
'They got pretty rough with me'
Simon Brokin on the consequences of his pranks
11/07/2017 … Simon Brodkin has spoken of how he was roughed up in a police cell after one of his infamous stunts.