Steve Coogan checks into The White Lotus
Steve Coogan is heading to The White Lotus. The Alan Partridge comedian is joining…
Jayde Adams to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Jayde Adams is to be a guest judge on the new series…
Tom Allen quits The Apprentice: You’re Fired
Tom Allen is leaving The Apprentice: You’re Fired…
Together at last, Jack Whitehall and Kim Kardashian
Jack Whitehall is to star alongside Kim Kardashian…
Mo Gilligan to make a Netflix documentary
Mo Gilligan is making a documentary for Netflix. Few…
Hannah Gadsby releases an audio-only special to ‘subvert the male gaze’
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby has released …
Mock The Week return date announced
The revived Mock the Week will launch on February 1…
Roy Hudd to be honoured with a statue
Plans have been submitted to erect a statue of comedian Roy Hudd outside a…
British Comedy Guide announces its 2025 award nominees
The shortlists have been announced for the British Comedy Guide’s annual TV…
Ricky Gervais scoops another Golden Globe
Ricky Gervais won the 2025 Golden Globe for best performance in stand-up comedy last…
Harry Hill returns with a video podcast
Harry Hill is launching a video podcast. The comedian this morning released a…
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Monday January 12 RICHARD…
Sue Perkins shares her Eternal Shame
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,840 events…
Tour news
Features
Win two newly restored Peter Sellers films
Two classic Peter Sellers comedies are being re-released in restored 4K editions…
I crawled off stage... nothing can embarrass me now!
Dubai-based Indian comic Saaniya Abbas is bringing her Edinburgh Fringe hit Hellarious…
How much do you know about the Carry On actors?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Just 12 days in, and I might have already seen the best comedy show of 2026
Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London. Cooking…
Reviews
Leicester Square Theatre’s New Comedian Of The Year 2025
Leicester Square Theatre’s New Comedian Of The…
Live comedy picks
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Other news
Amy Gledhill becomes a Mind patron
Amy Gledhill has been appointed as the first patron…
Michelle Collins to appear in Morecambe and Wise tribute
Michelle Collins is joining a West End celebration…
Trevor Noah to host Grammy Awards for a final time
Trevor Noah will present next month's Grammy Awards for the sixth and final time,…
Rosie Jones cast in new stage play
Rosie Jones is to appear in a new stage production that aims to tackle perceptions…
Live Comedy Association announces its AGM line-up
Representatives from the UK's live comedy industry will meet next month to discuss…
Catherine Bohart to release a free special
Comedian Catherine Bohart's Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show Again, With…
Simon Mayhew-Archer launches a production company
Comedy writer-producer Simon Mayhew-Archer has launched a new production company,…
Glasgow Comedy Festival announces full 2026 line-up
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has announced its full programme for 2026,…
Punching Up
Meet Jeffrey Epstein, the stand-up comedian
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When Romesh Ranganathan disciplined Adolescence star Erin Doherty
Adolescence star Erin Doherty has revealed she was…
Tim Key's weirdest Valentine's Day
Tim Key has spoken of his love of pubs – and…
When Spike Milligan walked into Harrods with a dustbin full of spaghetti
Spike Milligan once walked into Harrods with a…
Videos
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled the week's biggest news on last night’s Saturday Night Live.
They talk about Donald Trump boasting about being ‘acting president of Venezuela’, being presented with the Nobel Peace Prize medal and defending Minneapolis ICE agents – as well as a congressman introducing a bill to make Greenland the 51st state and Harry Styles’ new album.
SNL's Weekend Update on Trump's Greenland ambitions
With Colin Jost and Michael Che
Open Up! with Jordan Brookes and Poppy Hillstead
The comedy therapy session
Seth MacFarlane’s prequel returns to Sky
Trailer for How To Get To Heaven From Belfast
From Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee