Ed Byrne

Video: Ed Byrne happy to be labelled a crowd pleaser

Irish comedian returns to the Edinburgh Festival with new show 'Crowd Pleaser' - which does exactly what it says on the tin.

Edinburgh 2011: My Edinburgh - Ed Byrne

Edinburgh festival 2011 performers tell us what Edinburgh means to them. Today: Ed Byrne.

Preview: Ed Byrne, Crowd Pleaser, Venue 150

Ed Byrne's latest comedy vehicle, the aptly-named Crowd Pleaser, is a show that does exactly what it says on the tin.

World of Ed Byrne, comedian

The stand-up comedian talks to Angela Wintle about guitars, mountaineering and middle-child syndrome.

Ed Byrne: Smaller venues are much better for comedy

Don't try telling Mock The Week star Ed Byrne that comedy is the new rock 'n' roll because he has no intention of following many of his colleagues by taking his shows to the megastar arenas.

Ed Byrne interview

If Ed Byrne's lifestyle were a genre of a kids' book it would be a fairytale.

Who owns a joke?

The row about joke ownership continued gathering momentum this week with the news that Ed Byrne has quit Twitter after clashing, once again, with Keith Chegwin.

Ed Byrne quits Twitter over Cheggers row

The Irish stand-up is fed up with the nine-month dispute.

Noel Fielding to dance for Comic Relief

Mighty Boosh comic Noel Fielding, The Thick of It star Rebecca Front and comics Russell Kane and Ed Byrne are among the stars who will take part in this year's Let's Dance for Comic Relief.

Host Dara O'Briain's larger-than-average head comes in for stick in this seasonal special of the topical panel show ("On a normalsized head that would be a full head of hair," grins comedian Ed Byrne, pointing at O Briain's balding pate). Other not-so-festive topics in a compilation of previously unseen clips include police cuts and earthquake training. We're also treated to a news clip of the Queen shopping for a catsuit to wear for her annual broadcast on Christmas Day - or at least that's what team captain Hugh Dennis thinks Her Majesty is up to.