Heart Donation Gag Takes Edinburgh Festival Fringe Award

A joke about heart donation has been voted the funniest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - an award previously won by Tim Vine, Zoe Lyons and Rob Auton.

Comedian Masai Graham's gag impressed the 10 comedy critics that drew up a shortlist that was then voted on by 2,000 members of the public.

Graham said: "It's an incredible honour to land Joke of the Fringe. Not bad for someone from West Brom!"

The ninth annual award for Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe was handed out after 27% of respondents backed the line: "My dad suggested I register for a donor card, he's a man after my own heart."

Here are the top 15 jokes as voted for by 2,000 respondents:

1. "My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card. He's a man after my own heart" by Masai Graham

2. "Why is it old people say 'there's no place like home', yet when you put them in one..." by Stuart Mitchell

3. "I've been happily married for four years - out of a total of 10" by Mark Watson

4. "Apparently one in three Britons are conceived in an Ikea bed which is mad because those places are really well lit" by Mark Smith

5. "I went to a pub quiz in Liverpool, had a few drinks so wasn't much use. Just for a laugh I wrote The Beatles or Steven Gerrard for every answer ... came second" by Will Duggan

6. "Brexit is a terrible name, sounds like cereal you eat when you are constipated" by Tiff Stevenson

7. "I often confuse Americans and Canadians. By using long words" by Gary Delaney

8. "Why is Henry's wife covered in tooth marks? Because he's Tudor" by Adele Cliff

9. "Don't you hate it when people assume you're rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?" by Annie McGrath

10. "Is it possible to mistake schizophrenia for telepathy, I hear you ask" by Jordan Brookes

11. "Hillary Clinton has shown that any woman can be president, as long as your husband did it first" by Michelle Wolf

12. "I spotted a Marmite van on the motorway. It was heading yeastbound" by Roger Swift

13. "Back in the day, Instagram just meant a really efficient drug dealer" by Arthur Smith

14. "I'll tell you what's unnatural in the eyes of God. Contact lenses" by Zoe Lyons

15. "Elton John hates ordering Chinese food. Soya seems to be the hardest word" by Phil Nicol