Irish comedians lobby for official recognition of their art
...as that would help unlock funding
Irish stand-ups have stepped up their campaign to make comedy eligible for arts funding. Sinn…
Jack Rooke to reprise his Good Grief show
Jack Rooke is to return to the Soho Theatre revisiting…
Comedy stars join Frank and Percy
A host of famous names have been added to the film…
Bill Burr to shoot a new comedy in Ireland
Bill Burr is to shoot a coming-of-age comedy in Ireland,…
Comics are hired for Celebrity Apprentice
Comics Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza are to take part…
A day to celebrate live comedy
April Fool’s Day next year is to be branded as…
Jason Manford to star in Something Rotten!
Jason Manford is to return to the stage in the comedy…
Madeleine Brettingham wins Beat The Frog's 'world series'
Madeleine Brettingham won the Beat The Frog World Series contest for new stand-ups…
Greg Davies and Alex Horne are set to take Taskmaster on the road. Avalon, the…
Sara Pascoe wins Jilly Cooper book award
Sara Pascoe’s debut novel has won a literary prize handed out in honour of…
The authors of a book about Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson comedy Bottom were left…
The Ballad Of Wallis Island up for five indie film awards
Tim Key and Tom Basden’s movie The Ballad Of Wallis Island has been nominated…
Josh Pugh starts filming his Channel 4 comedy
Filming has begun on Josh Pugh’s Channel 4 sitcom. Stepping Up. The…
Tour news
Features
New, female and over 40 - why the comedy world finds that combination confusing
I started comedy in my mid-40s. I knew I’d be battling nerves, hecklers, and…
Who voiced Joy in Inside Out?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Who sang the theme tune to Twenty Twelve?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Prunella Scales: Seven classic performances
As Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies at 93, here's just a small selection…
Reviews
Beat The Frog World Series 2025
She’s already won a raft of new act titles – …
Over the past year, The Pen Theatre in South Bermondsey…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Josh James: Doin’ Alright
Hackney Empire
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Exmouth Pavilion
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Josie Long: Now Is the Time of Monsters
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Other news
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Is this the best joke of the Nottingham Comedy Festival?
Alex Mitchell has won the competition for the best…
Gabby Logan to host Have I Got News For You
New Match Of The Day presenter Gabby Logan is to host Have I Got…
Johnny Vegas wants to get Britain drawing
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Mark Thomas to release a vinyl LP
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Nottingham Comedy Festival announces its best joke nominees
The shortlist for the best joke of the Nottingham comedy festival have been announced, Chosen…
Two Doors Down Live adds extra dates
Five extra performances have been added to the Two Doors Down Live show at Glasgow’s…
Eddie Izzard goes back to school
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Punching Up
When Jack Whitehall's diamond gags didn't sparkle
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Andrew Sachs’s Fawlty Towers scripts go under the hammer
Andrew Sachs’s old Fawlty Towers scripts are…
Carl Donnelly gets into the Christmas spirit(s) again
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Prince Andrew: The Musical stripped of its honours
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Videos
Wallace & Gromit have made a Christmas advert for Barbour.
It is the third year the brand has joined forces with Aardman Animation and this time features Wallace inventing the Gift-O-Matic robot.
Studio boss Nick Park said: ‘Wallace and Gromit have always embodied warmth, eccentricity, and quintessential British charm, which makes them a wonderful fit for Barbour’s Christmas storytelling
‘The Gift-o-matic is a classic Wallace invention — brilliant but with a few hiccups — and we’re delighted to share this playful, festive tale with audiences this year, in hope that the love, craft, warmth and humour bring big smiles this Christmas.’
Wallace & Gromit & The Gift-O-Matic
Christmas advert for Barbour
Joe Thomas goes aurora hunting
In this new mockumentary for Visit Iceland
Oli Frost tries to exploit a tax loophole
From Jimmy Carr's Am I The A**hole?