And finally…pound-for-pound the festival’s best joke

Hard currency has won out in the battle for this year’s top joke title at the Edinburgh Festival.

Comic Ken Cheng won the 10th annual Dave’s Funniest Joke Of The Fringe with…

“I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.”

Winning the award Cheng said: “I am very proud to have won. As a tribute, I will name my first-born son after this award and call him ‘Joke of the Fringe’.”

In its mission to find the most hilarious one-liners, TV channel Dave enlisted the help of an expert panel of ten judges, consisting of the UK’s foremost comedy critics.

They scoured venues at the world-famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe to nominate their six favourite jokes.

The shortlisted gags were then voted on by 2,000 Brits, with no reference to the comedians that told them, for the jokes they found the funniest:

1 “I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.” Ken Cheng

2 “Trump’s nothing like Hitler. There’s no way he could write a book.” Frankie Boyle

3 “I’ve given up asking rhetorical questions. What’s the point?” Alexei Sayle

4 “I’m looking for the girl-next-door type. I’m just gonna keep moving house till I find her.” Lew Fitz

5 “I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the ‘brella’. But he hesitated.” Andy Field

6 “Combine Harvesters. And you’ll have a really big restaurant.” Mark Simmons

7 “I’m rubbish with names. It’s not my fault, it’s a condition. There’s a name for it …” Jimeoin

8 “I have two boys, five and six. We’re no good at naming things in our house.” Ed Byrne

9 “I wasn’t particularly close to my dad before he died … which was lucky, because he trod on a landmine.” Olaf Falafel

10 “Whenever someone says, ‘I don’t believe in coincidences’, I say, ‘Oh my God, me neither!’” Alasdair Beckett-King

11 “A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men’s singles event.” Angela Barnes

12 “As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting, but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer.” Adele Cliff

13 “For me, dying is a lot like going camping. I don’t want to do it.” Phil Wang

14 “I wonder how many chameleons snuck on to the Ark.” Adam Hess

15 “I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act.” Tim Vine