Edinburgh Fringe best joke announced

Tim Vine has one the award for the funniest joke at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe.

His one liner, "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." was deemed the best joke this year by the public after a shortlist of 24 jokes were selected by a panel of eight comedy judges.

Here are what were considered this years best gags:

1) "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." - Tim Vine

2) "I'm currently dating a couple of anorexics. Two birds, one stone." - David Gibson

3) "I picked up a hitch hiker. You've got to when you hit them." - Emo Philips

4) "I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say 'bought', I actually stole it off a short, fat ginger kid." - Jack Whitehall

5) "As a kid I was made to walk the plank. We couldn't afford a dog."

6) "Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day." - John Bishop

7) "What do you call a kid with no arms and an eye patch? Names." - Bo Burnham

8 ) "Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted." - Gary Delaney

9) "For Vanessa Feltz, life is like a box of chocolates: Empty." - Robert White

10) "Wooden spoons are great. You can either use them to prepare food. Or, if you can't be bothered with that, just write a number on one and walk into a pub…" - Gareth Richards

Judges also selected some of the worst jokes, which includes a line from last years winner Dan Antopolski.

These are some of the poorer jokes:

"Why did the chicken commit suicide? To get to the other side." - Sara Pascoe

"You know city-centre beat officers... Well are they police who rap?" - Sean Hughes

"I made a Battenberg where the two colours ran alongside each other. I called it apartheid sponge." - John Luke Roberts

"I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them." - Emo Philips

"Some of my best friends are vegan. They were going to come today but they didn't have the energy to climb up the stairs." - Bec Hill

"How many Spaniards does it take to change a lightbulb? Juan." - Dan Antopolski