Dominic Holland

Dominic Holland at Chortle's Fast Fringe

Dominic Holland speaks about meeting rower James Cracknell in a new stand-up clip.

Fringe on a theme: returning Fringe legends

At the Fringe it is easy to focus on new artists and overlook those who helped shaped stand-up before it became a viable career - here's where to catch those legends in Edinburgh this year.

Edinburgh 10x10: 7. Ten old newcomers

10 comedians who were nominated for best newcomer more than 15 years ago.

Fringe Q&As: Dominic Holland

Dominic Holland on doing the warm-up for the Brit Awards and the appeal of the festival.

Dominic Holland Discusses His New Show 'Eclipsed'

Dominic Holland's new stand up show Eclipsed will be at the Voodoo Rooms Ballroom at 4.40pm for the month of August on the Free Fringe. We caught up with him to find out a little more about the man behind the microphone.

Laugh a minute: Edinburgh festival's 2017 comedy lineup

Sara Pascoe looks at life after a breakup, Trygve Wakenshaw brings his baby on stage, and Alexei Sayle, Ruby Wax and talkshow king Craig Ferguson all return to the fringe this year.

Preview - Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand

In the summer of 2003, dying of prostate cancer, legendary comedian Bob Monkhouse played his last ever stand-up gig, as he would die in December that year.

Audio: Humour Me podcast with Bec Hill

Bec Hill co-presents this week's podcast discussing Pun Run, the Australian comedy scene and her experiences of being a comic. The show also features an interview with Dominic Holland about Eclipsed and the corporate side of comedy gigging and Hils Jago provides a fascinating insight into Amused Moose, how to get "discovered" in Edinburgh how to "make it" in the comedy industry.

Nerdy, middle-of-the-road comedy show with nerdy, middle-of-the-road comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Dominic Holland. And the extremely annoying Lee Hurst. It's an attempt to dumb up quiz shows a bit, and it's not half as bad as it should be, though maybe tvBite was a trifle easy on it, after just watching another execrable, script-free ep of Beautiful People.

It's a rare comedy show where you hear: And what we have here are two parabolic mirrors...

Slotting nerdishly into the QI and Brainiac gap, is this curious amalgam of science and gags. Team captains Lee Hurst and Dominic Holland are joined by genuine eggheads this week - a plant boffin and a Natural History Museum insect expert.

While many of us moan about TV dumbing down, attempts like this to dumb-up, as it were, leave you confused about whether to start laughing or cramming.