Iain Stirling joins The Traitors US
Comic is among the contestants in next Peacock series
Iain Stirling is swapping Love Island for The Traitors – in America. The…
Not Going Out celebrates 20 years
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
Two Doors Down becomes a stage play
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Mixed reviews for Josh Widdicombe's Strictly debut
Josh Widdicombe got mixed reviews for his first show…
What happens in The Inbetweeners 3?
Details of the third Inbetweeners movie have been…
Stephanie Cole – whose comedy roles included…
Publisher drops David Walliams back catalogue
HarperCollins will no longer print any of David Walliams’s…
Another chapter in the Goodnight Sweetheart saga
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 return for a second series. Ten…
Joel Dommett writes a script about his catfishing scam
Joel Dommett is writing a TV script based on the time he was blackmailed in a catfishing…
Amazon axes Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show
Romesh Ranganathan’s contest show Would You Rather: Decide To Survive has reportedly…
Why Scottish comedians find it hard to progress
The Scottish comedy scene has a ‘missing middle’ – with performers…
Joe Wilkinson makes a canal travelogue with Joe Marler
Joe Marler and Joe Wilkinson are to make a BBC Two travelogue along Britain’s…
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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…
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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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Videos
Twelve X Factor finalists from down the years returned to the stage for one last performance, courtesy of Saturday Night Live UK.
The whole cast and guest host Jamie Demetriou all got involved in the big production number that closed the show on Sky last night...
The X Factor Final 12
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