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New details of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 app announced
The app will include many navigational features which will support audiences in exploring the wealth of performance available at the Fringe. Users will be able to view and search full programme listings, book tickets on the go and use a 'nearby now' function to find shows starting soon, which are close to their location.
Theatre, Full Stop, 16th May 2023
Taskmaster's Greg Davies and Alex Horne joke fans can expect "more sex and violence"
Though in their true hilarious fashion, we'll have to take what the duo have said with a slight pinch of salt.
Morgan Cormack and Jo Berry, Radio Times, 16th May 2023
Hapless review
Good comedy takes time to develop the characters and find its rhythm, and courage to make us laugh. That's why there's so little of it around now. This one deserves to succeed.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th May 2023
Lenny Rush 'still in shock' after TV BAFTA win
"It was crazy. I'm still in shock, to be honest. I still can't believe it."
BBC, 16th May 2023
Marmalade review
Wading through Marmalade is rather what it feels like to seek laughs in Thao Thanh Cao's heavy-going hour.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th May 2023
Alasdair Beckett-King on what makes Scottish audiences unique
Alasdair Beckett-King speaks about the influence of Billy Connolly on his career and what it is that makes audiences in Scotland so unique.
Adam Robertson, The National (Scotland), 16th May 2023
Laurence Rickard interview
Ghosts star Rickard says a career in comedy was something he had always wanted to do. He had "no other plan and no fallback" so he "had to make it work".
Evie Selby, The Tab, 16th May 2023
Review: Six - Theatre Royal, Norwich
The lyrics and the banter are written to perfection, with so many Tudor puns in the songs you can barely catch them all.
Lu Greer, The Reviews Hub, 16th May 2023Hapless is a laugh saver
Laughs are its top priority and it delivers them by the shedload.
Mike Ward, Daily Star, 16th May 2023Joe McTernan interview
"I love sitting on a train and observing character."
Karen Woodham, Blazing Minds, 16th May 2023Videos
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Wosson Cornwall
Episode 4 - As Cornish as Penne Pasta and PenguinsThis week we meet the UK's first Cornish Prime Minister. LJ and Jess are working reception at an organic cider farm and Kerry Kernow shares her unique version of the classic Cornish tale, The Mousehole Cat.
10pm60 min
Guilt
Series 3, Episode 4Max and Jake have a plan for final victory, but so does everyone else. Maggie's enemies close in, and Sturrock's bank sale is in danger.
10:30pm60 min
The Football's On
Series 10, Episode 12A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.
10:40pm30 min
Rain Dogs
Episode 7 - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, BabyAfter Costello receives surprising news that might transform her circumstances, she and Iris leave London. Selby has a heated conversation with his therapist.