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Fringe 2024: Rarely Asked Questions - Nina Gilligan
Award-winning comedian Nina Gilligan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her brand new show Goldfish.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th August 2024
Russell Brand axed from million-pound movie role
Comedian Russell Brand has been quietly phased out of the Despicable Me film franchise in the wake of sex abuse allegations.
Brand, voice of scientist Dr Nefario, was replaced in the latest blockbuster by fellow comic Romesh Ranganathan.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 9th August 2024
Ron Bain obituary
Linchpin of Scottish comedy scene who 'was universally loved'.
Brian Beacom, The Herald, 9th August 2024
Rhys James exposes the secrets behind Mock The Week
"Mock The Week is like being in the army - it's intense. Lots of prep, six people, arguably seven people, are trying to come up with original angles on things."
Matt Jackson, The Mirror, 9th August 2024Why Grace Campbell is Gen Z's favourite brat stand-up
Fearless, frank and happy to overshare, the comedian - daughter of the Labour spin doctor Alastair - has turned her experience of having an abortion into an Edinburgh show. She tells Jane Mulkerrins why.
Jane Mulkerrins, The Times, 9th August 2024Three shows that are cooking
Three shows that are cooking at the Edinburgh Festival 2024...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 9th August 2024Three shows about mysterious stuff
Three shows about mysterious stuff at the Edinburgh Festival 2024...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 9th August 2024Three shows about masculinity
Three shows about masculinity at the Edinburgh Festival 2024...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 9th August 2024How to build a social media fanbase
Anna Akana has some advice for fellow comedians.
Anna Akana, Chortle, 9th August 2024Fringe 2024: Rarely Asked Questions - Njambi McGrath
Kenyan comedian & author Njambi McGrath returns to the Edinburgh Fringe and to the Gilded Balloon with her brand-new stand-up show Benevolence.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th August 2024The Listies on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
"The audience had low expectations... and we were meeting them."
Chortle, 9th August 2024
Rhod Gilbert and Elis James could make proposed Carmarthen wall of fame
Rhod Gilbert and Elis James could be immortalised in a prominent mural in their home town if a venue gets its way. The Cwrw bar in Carmarthen has lodged plans to paint artwork on the side of the building to celebrate locals who have contributed to arts and culture.
Chortle, 9th August 2024Whatever happened to the working-class comedians?
Jack Skipper was the 14th best carpet fitter in the Croydon area. Now he's making waves on the stand-up circuit.
Andrew Billen, The Times, 9th August 2024'I fell in love from within a monkey suit and was scared to leave'
Nina Conti is the country's most beloved ventriloquist, and her new film about a woman falling in love from within a monkey suit is her most personal work yet.
Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 9th August 2024Videos
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1:30pm30 min
Breaking The News
Series 28, Episode 8Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz from the Edinburgh Festival Special, with guests Jay Lafferty, Andrew Maxwell, Melanie Bracewell and Connor Burns.
6:30pm30 min
Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
Episode 3 - What's With All The Riotous Goings-on?This week Catherine Bohart and guests examine far-right riots taking place across the UK. Writer Tom Neenan explores what's been happening on the streets, Professor Anand Menon explains how this fits into the context of the rise of the far right across Europe and Zoe Lyons wonders why British fascists don't seem to scrub up quite as well as their continental equivalents...
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 25 (C4: 26), Episode 4Jimmy Carr hosts as Jon Richardson and Katherine Ryan take on Richard Ayoade and Laura Smyth. Mat Ewins joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner.
10pm65 min
I Literally Just Told You
Series 4, Episode 5This time, Karl, Riuying, Lateef, Charlotte and Sonny face questions about things they've literally just seen and heard. But with Jimmy causing mayhem by scattering some ashes in the studio, gatecrashing a wedding and launching yellow things down a zipline, will the contestants remember everything they need to win?