As mentioned on here the tour name Off The Telly was advertised as only being Oct-Dec 2005 and yet seemed to have been used over a wider timeframe (including at Edinburgh).

The 2005 Fringe was from August 7^th to 29^th.

Jimmy played the EICC (Edinburgh International Conference Centre) for 18 nights at 9pm (from the 18^th to 21^st and 25^th to 28^th). Tickets were £14 (£12 concessionary).

Written and performed by: Jimmy Carr

With some festivals there are opportunities to pair up with mates and do adhoc appearances at venues, but I’ve not seen any evidence of this being the case with Edinburgh.

Having said that – Jimmy is massively in love with comedy and is likely to have been there most of the festival, watching other acts and hanging out with comedians. I’ve not seen evidence of him leaving to perform gigs elsewhere in the UK.

This was the year that Jimmy also:

• went to see the Aristocrats movie
• attended the Edinburgh International Television Festival

The 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Programme can be viewed here. Below are some of the comedians that performed that year (in the order that I spotted their names in the programme). Where the actual show name was mentioned – it’s in brackets.

One thing that does strike you, looking through all the old tour names and imagery, is that it must be really hard to come up with an original name, for your show.

• Adam Buxton (I, Pavel)
• Alex Horne (When in Rome…a Latin Adventure)
• Alun Cochrane (Comedy with Sad Bits)
• Stephen K Amos
• Andy Parsons (Genocide, Suicide, Cancer (and other words that make you wince))
• Andrew Maxwell (Grand Royale)
• Chris McCausland (As Seen on TV?)
• Omid Djalili (No Agenda)
• Danny Bhoy
• Scott Capurro (in Velvet Laughter Master Series)
• Rhod Gilbert (Rhod Gilbert’s 1984)
• Alan Carr
• Paul Chowdhry
• Chris Addison (Atomicity)
• David O’Doherty (Grown Up)
• Demetri Martin (These are the Jokes)
• Tommy Tiernan (Loose)
• Dara O’Briain
• Frankie Boyle (Frankie Boyle in Concert)
• Fred MacAulay (The Fred MacAulay Show)
• Jerry Sadowitz (Card Tricks & Close Up Magic)
• Janey Godley (Janey Godley is Innocent)
• Jason Byrne (The Lovely Goat Show)
• Jason Manford (Urban Legend)
• Jimmy Carr (Off The Telly) – pages 40 and 62
• John Oliver & Andy Zaltzman Issue a List of Demands and Await Your Response With Interest
• Daniel Kitson
• Lucy Porter (Happiness)
• Mark Watson (50 Years Before Death and the Awful Prospect of Eternity)
• Miles Jupp (Young Man in a Huff)
• Miranda Hart (Miranda Hart’s House Party)
• Russell Brand (Eroticised Humour)
• Paul Merton’s Impro Chums
• Sue Perkins
• Russell Howard (Skylarking) – see page 51 for a magnificent “curtains” hair style
• Richard Herring (Someone Likes Yoghurt)
• Robin Ince (Robin Ince is as Dumb as You)
• Stewart Lee (90’s Comedian)
• Tim Minchin (Darkside)
• Tim Vine (Current Puns)