Another chapter in the Goodnight Sweetheart saga
New novel picks up Gary Sparrow's story
Gary Sparrow, the time-travelling bigamist at the centre of BBC sitcom Goodnight…
Radio 4 isn't going without Alan Davies
Alan Davies’ Radio 4 series Life Without is to…
Joel Dommett writes a script about his catfishing scam
Joel Dommett is writing a TV script based on the time…
Amazon axes Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show
Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show Would You Rather:…
Why Scottish comedians find it hard to progress
The Scottish comedy scene has a ‘missing middle’…
Joe Wilkinson makes a canal travelogue with Joe Marler
Joe Marler and Joe Wilkinson are to make a BBC Two…
First pictures of Bill Murray's Irish golf travelogue
The BBC has released the first images of Bill Murray…
John Bishop cancels his North America tour
John Bishop has been forced to cancel his upcoming US and Canadian tour dates following…
Bella Hull makes her first Radio 4 series
Bella Hull is making her first stand-up series for Radio 4. The news comes as…
Radio 4 pilots three sketch shows
Radio 4 is piloting three new sketch shows – each reflecting a different…
Radio 4 commissions Paul Longley's Gossip Couple
Radio 4 has commissioned a sitcom based on Paul Longley’s TikTok series The…
Nish Kumar and Jake Bhardwaj pilot entertainment formats
Nish Kumar and Jake Bhardwaj are piloting new shows for Radio 4. In Utopia, Kumar…
Richard Curtis creates his first sitcom in 32 years
Richard Curtis has created his first sitcom in more than 30 years. Greatest Living…
Tour news
Features
'A really polished comedian will get reamed in the UK'
Rich Hall started out as a street performer before finding stand-up and winning an…
What was Joan Rivers' real surname?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled…
'I'm treating this more as a gig than a quiz show'
John Bishop hosts the new BBC quiz show Wisdom Of The Crowd this weekend. Here he…
Why satire still matters
In my experience, comedians are only ever capable of paying their colleagues backhanded…
Reviews
How I’ve Tried To Change The World by Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle has already written two autobiographies:…
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Jake Bhardwaj to host the British Podcast Awards
Jake Bhardwaj is to host this year’s British…
John Thomson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production…
Closed pub bought back to life as a comedy venue
A disused North London pub is to reopen once a month as a pop-up comedy and cabaret…
BBC seeks the next great Scouse sitcom
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Plymouth to get its own comedy festival
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Comedians host new scandal podcast
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Larry Dean launches podcast with husband Mikey Crump
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Operation Mincemeat extends UK tour
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Punching Up
Josh Widdicombe: I landed the Strictly job with a jokey text
Josh Widdicombe has revealed that he got the job presenting Strictly Come Dancing by sending a jokey text. The comic had got to know the show’s executive…
Ruby Wax: I got banned from Disneyland for being high
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'I died so badly I saw a ghost'
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Videos
Robin Morgan has started releasing weekly topical jokes in a series called News On The Street.
The comic shoots the videos from a makeshift desk in a lane outside my house.
In the latest episode, he considers Reform's crypto billionaire donors, Harry and Meghan taking their kids out of school and America's new space weapon.
Robin Morgan launches News On The Street
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Jamie Demetriou is not good at nicknames
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