Lena Dunham brings back Girls
Five episodes to be shot next year
Lena Dunham is bringing back Girls. A new limited series of five episodes is set…
Sian Gibson, Neil Morrissey and Shobna Gulati are to…
Michael Palin cancels book tour after fall
Sir Michael Palin has cancelled his upcoming book tour…
Sam Nicoresti wins Sky Arts Award
Sam Nicoresti won the Sky Arts Award for comedy last…
First look at Vittorio Angelone in his TV acting debut
Here are the first pictures of stand-up Vittorio Angelone…
Douglas Adams to be the subject of a graphic novel
Douglas Adams is to be the subject of an unauthorised…
Good Elf! Lyons was the best-reviewed show of the Fringe
Elf Lyons had the best-reviewed comedy show of the…
Paul Currie's Soho Theatre lawsuit set to be struck out
Paul Currie has been told his libel action against Soho Theatre over a performance…
Russell Brand’s court proceedings get under way
Jury selection has got under way in Russell Brand’s trial on rape and sexual…
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Quentin Tarantino’s first play
Sacha Baron Cohen has confirmed he’s set to star in Quentin Tarantino’s…
Desmond’s to become a stage musical
Desmond’s is set to be adapted into a stage musical. The news was announced…
Voici l'assistant du Taskmaster
Taskmaster is to be remade in France. Camille Combal, who also hosts the French…
A stage version of Porridge is going on tour next year. The show will feature…
Tour news
Features
What was the first name of Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
'Trying to be serious is inevitably always so funny'
Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October…
'It's the UEFA Cup of comedy...'
Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October…
'If it ain’t making paper salad then its gots to go'
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show returns to BBC Two and iPlayer…
Reviews
Thao Cao: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Funnier
Thao Cao, a dry and deadpan Australian comic, certainly…
Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always Screaming
For a man forever playing with the form of stand-up,…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Alfie Moore: Acopalypse Now
Leicester Square Theatre
from 19:00
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Kane Brown: Crowd Work King
High Wycombe Swan
Friday 16th Oct from 20:00Book now
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Oh, Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre
Saturday 17th Oct from 15:30Book now
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Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Cambridge Junction
Friday 23rd Oct from 19:30Book now
Gig of the day
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Soho Theatre
from 19:00 - 20:00
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Carl Hutchinson: Fine Whine
Glasgow Glee Club
Thursday 22nd Oct from 19:45Book now
Other news
Who's on series two of Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable!
Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable! will return to TLC…
The replacement for the defunct Leicester Comedy Festival…
CK Nath wins best show at Women In Comedy festival
CK Nath has won the best show award at the Women In Comedy Festival, with Kimia…
Operation Mincemeat heads to Australia
Comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to open in Australia next year. The…
New images from Josh Pugh's Stepping Up
Channel 4 has released new images from Stepping Up, the forthcoming sitcom written…
Arts Council England funds comedy projects
The Live Comedy Association has been awarded £45,000 of Arts Council England…
US comedian Reggie McFadden dies at 57
US comedian Reggie McFadden, known for his work on1990s Fox sketch series In Living…
2026 Aberdeen Comedy Festival hailed a success
This year’s Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been hailed a success after attracting…
Punching Up
When Rob Beckett's crowd heckled his five-year-old daughter
Comedy crowds can be brutal – even to a five-year-old girl. Rob Beckett has revealed that he brought his young daughter on stage at a hometown gig…
The West Staines Massiv took over London yesterday…
How a comedian is most likely to win Celebrity Traitors
Comedians are the most likely type of celebrity to…
From Dundler Mifflin to rector of St Andrews?
If you know him only as the weird, taciturn accountant…
Videos
Here’s a new batch of outtakes from Season 22 of Taskmaster.
The series features Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, Nina Conti, and Richard Ayoade as well as Taskmaster Greg Davies and assistant Alex Horne:
Taskmaster Season 22 outtakes Pt2
More bloopers
Weekend Update on the Tory conference and more
Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on SNL UK
...and the one word he wasn't allowed to say
Mock The Week on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
...and his legal challenge to police