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Future of Edinburgh Comedy Awards in doubt - Organisers seek new funding model to keep the long-running accolades going

Organisers of the awards are searching for new sponsors after the comedy channel announced it was withdrawing its funding.

Steve coogan, jenny eclair, harry hill, and so many others. why, my dear, you're becoming really quite famous. people... people? but in recent years, the awards have struggled to find sponsors. with tv channel dave now out of the picture, the awards organisers are appealing to new backers. hello. good to be here. i was hoping more people would come. the crisis for the awards comes as critics like richard herring say the festival no longer offers the opportunity to break into the industry that it did when he first started performing in the �*80s. so with many comedians now using social media ...

Thank you. the edinburgh comedy awards have been integral to the edinburgh festivalfor almost half a century. they've recognised comics who've gone on to become household names — frank skinner, jenny eclair, hugh laurie. but there's a problem this year — the sponsor has puled its funding and so its future is now in doubt. what do you call a comedy festival without a comedy award? for this year's edinburgh fringe, this may not be a joke. for four decades, the edinburgh comedy awards, formerly known as the perriers after a previous sponsor, have been the most highly prized accolade on the br...