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Comics who owe their careers to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe should help keep flagship awards going
It may be something to do with the bewildering scale of the event, but it has increasingly felt as if the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is rarely out of the headlines - for all of the wrong reasons.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 1st June 2023
Changing Ends review
How Alan Carr went from bullied kid to Chatty Man. This sitcom takes us back to the 80s to Carr's adolescence - and the jokes sometimes sit uncomfortably alongside the bigotry he experienced.
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 1st June 2023
Changing Ends review
Alan Carr's childhood makes for relentlessly funny TV.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 1st June 2023
Fringe acts to perform on rail service
Comic Gavin Webster will be performing on a Newcastle to Edinburgh train next week, as part of a tie-up between rail operator Lumo and the Fringe. The Culture Train Live show will be hosted by Newcastle drag queen Mutha Tucka and also feature musician Joe Edwards and comedian Robert Reed.
Chortle, 1st June 2023
Griff Rhys Jones reflects on a life in comedy
Oddly perhaps, the solo stand-up route is a relatively new one for him.
Phil Hewitt, Sussex Express, 1st June 2023
Robin Ince: As a stand-up comedian, it's best to not know what you're doing
Doing things correctly does not mean doing things best. Reliability can hamper invention.
Robin Ince, The Big Issue, 1st June 2023
Puffin signs Pratchett and Kent's Guide to Being a Witch set in the Discworld universe
Puffin has acquired Tiffany Aching's Guide To Being A Witch by Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 1st June 2023
TV review: Changing Ends
The feel good subtext here is just be what you want to be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st June 2023
Changing Ends on ITVX review
Alan Carr's presence is not really necessary for the show to work... but it is fun to have him along for the ride.
William Mata, Evening Standard, 1st June 2023
Changing Ends review
Changing Ends beams with warmth despite - or more likely because of - the endemic 1980s homophobia which forms its backdrop. Dropped into this world, like a naive alien, is a camp, buck-toothed, socially awkward child, misunderstood by almost everyone and ostracised by most of them.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023
Ash Atalla: Today's commissioners would find The Office 'a pretty boring pitch'
Sitcom's original producer says audiences now demand "more action".
Ellie Khan, Broadcast, 1st June 2023
Aston Martin driven by Peter Sellers in The Wrong Arm Of The Law is on sale
The classic car, which featured in the 1963 film, could sell for more than £2.5million.
Monica Charsley, The Scottish Sun, 1st June 2023
Nir Gottleid: Middle Rage - Brighton Fringe review
An Israeli comic based in Berlin, Nir Gottleid describes himself as 'one of the darkest comics' in Europe, and sells his show about ageing by promising - threatening? - that 'you'll want to die'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023
Good Omens Series 2 title sequence revealed - with lots of Easter eggs
"More Easter Eggs than in a fancy Easter Egg shop the week before Easter."
James Hibbs, Radio Times, 1st June 2023
Sir Ken Dodd's gift to Liverpool's next generation of performers
Sir Ken Dodd's comedic legacy is set to live on in Liverpool with a promise to uncover the next generation of comedians and actors from the city. The Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation will fund a new three-year scholarship at Liverpool Theatre School.
Jamie Greer, Liverpool Echo, 1st June 2023
Mustafa Algiyadi's A Little Killing Hurts No One - Brighton Fringe review
A warm and engaging comic, Mustafa Algiyadi greets the audience as they enter the pub, let alone the intimate room he's performing in. And when he gets going, his hour is peppered with good-natured crowd work, affectionately ribbing the audience in the finest traditions of compering.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023
Playing Alan Carr's dad was moving, says Shaun Dooley
Shaun Dooley says playing Alan Carr's dad Graham in a new sitcom about the comedian's life was "moving".
BBC, 1st June 2023
Review - Amy Webber: No Previous Experience
Like all of the best comedy this show comes from a place of humble, and sometimes brutal, honesty as we get to hear the evolution of an artist through song.
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4:40pm5 min
Supertato
Series 2, Episode 5 - Broccoli Flies AgainEvil Pea asks for flying lessons when Broccoli flies her paper plane into her freezer. Evil Pea doesn't let Broccoli know that she intends to fly high to take over Tato Tower.
6:30pm30 min
Unite
Series 2, Episode 1 - The AppointmentAshley is way out of his depth on his gender politics course and Tony finds it impossible to get a GP's appointment.
9pm60 min
Taskmaster
Series 15, Episode 10 - A Yardstick For FailureIt's the grand finale, and naturally the five comedians are all chomping at the bit to amass the most points and raise aloft Greg's mighty golden bonce. For their final act, the comics contemplate using a hose, have an incredibly intense game of face-changing chess with Alex, and create something soothing for two very specific professions. Who'll reign supreme in this truly unparalleled gladiatorial arena?
10pm40 min
Meet The Richardsons
Series 4, Episode 9Jon and Lucy are making a Halloween special and are spending the night at one of Britain's most haunted houses... but Dave want TV legend Sarah Greene to present it.