The AI 'comedians' stealing jokes wholesale
'It feels incredibly violating'
Social media parasites are shamelessly stealing comedians' material and remaking…
Rob Delaney to star in comedy-drama about addiction
Rob Delaney is to star in a new comedy-drama about…
5 to air a celebration of Alan Carr
Channel 5 is to air a documentary celebrating Alan…
Friends is to return to Channel 4 from January. The…
Russell Brand is a ‘sexual predator’ with…
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…
Lena Dunham is bringing back Girls. A new limited series of five episodes is set…
First look at Vittorio Angelone in his TV acting debut
Here are the first pictures of stand-up Vittorio Angelone in his first major acting…
Douglas Adams to be the subject of a graphic novel
Douglas Adams is to be the subject of an unauthorised biography – in graphic…
Good Elf! Lyons was the best-reviewed show of the Fringe
Elf Lyons had the best-reviewed comedy show of the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, new analysis…
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…
Tour news
Features
Why great comedy podcasts are getting harder to find
Ask anyone to name Britain’s biggest comedy podcasts and you’ll get the…
'Yes, this probably is the end of Ghosts'
Laurence Rickard wrote Ghosts with Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas,…
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…
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
Milo Edwards: Catamaran
Brighton Komedia
from 20:00
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Oh, Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre
Wednesday 21st Oct from 19:30Book now
Coming Soon
Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From A Really Nice Guy
Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 17th Oct
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Larry Dean: Hellbent
Southampton Mast Mayflower Studios
Tuesday 3rd Nov from 19:45Book now
Gig of the day
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Soho Theatre
from 19:00 - 20:00
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Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Leicester The Y Theatre
Saturday 24th Oct from 19:30Book now
Other news
Play That Goes Wrong becomes one of the West End's longest-running shows
The Play That Goes Wrong has entered the list of the…
Sian Gibson, Neil Morrissey and Shobna Gulati are to…
Who's on series two of Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable!
Ed Gamble’s Unacceptable! will return to TLC from November 8, the broadcaster…
The replacement for the defunct Leicester Comedy Festival is to maintain an annual…
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…
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