Time to go Inside No 9 again

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

31/12/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Cally’s Beaton the others

Winner of this year’s Piccadilly new act title

30/12/2017 … Cally Beaton won the Piccadilly Comedy new act of the year contest last night.

It's Showtime for Andrew Maxwell

The best comedy on demand

30/12/2017 … The week's best comedy on demand.

Hugh Laurie is made a CBE

...as is Fresh Fields star Julia McKenzie

29/12/2017 … Hugh Laurie has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours.

Stand-up sued over women-only comedy night

Iliza Shlesinger's 'no men allowed' gig accused of discrimination

28/12/2017 … American comic Iliza Shlesinger is being sued for discrimination after a man was turned away from an all-female stand-up night.

Johnny Vegas makes surprise panto appearance

Snow White's magic mirror comes to life

28/12/2017 … Johnny Vegas made a surprise appearance in panto at his hometown of St Helens last night.

How I'm Alan Partridge was almost killed at birth

Writer Marber thought it was a terrible idea

27/12/2017 … Alan Partridge co-creator Patrick Marber almost put the kibosh on the sitcom that propelled the character to comedy royalty.

BBC orders Spencer Jones sitcom

Mister Winner picked up for full series

27/12/2017 … BBC One has ordered a full series of Mister Winner, the sitcom starring Spencer Jones as an accident-prone dolt.

6.8million watch Mrs Brown's Boys

Beaten only by the Queen on Christmas Day

26/12/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the most-watched show of Christmas Day after the Queen’s Speech.

Comics act out their film star fantasies

Big charity gig based on movie hits

24/12/2017 … Comedians are to pay homage to the top 50 films in a mammoth charity gig next year.

Mrs Brown's Boys: D'Musical

Brendan O'Carroll plans to take singing spectacular on the road

24/12/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys is set to become a stage musical.

A Partridge for Christmas

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

24/12/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio… Sunday December 24 RATBURGER: David Walliams stars as the owner of a fast-food van with a gruesome…

Enjoy a Bailey's at Christmas

The best live comedy of the next fortnight

24/12/2017 … The best of the forthcoming live comedy gigs, over this quiet period, interrupted only by the madness of New Year's Eve.

Meet the Man Like Mobeen

The best comedy on demand

23/12/2017 … The week's best comedy on demand.

Happy New Year! Netflix to release TWO Dave Chappelle specials on Dec 31

Equanimity and The Bird Revelation

22/12/2017 … Netflix has announced that two new Dave Chappelle stand-up specials will be landing on New Year’s Eve.

Morecambe and Wise are still the best-remembered Christmas shows

Comedy duo top poll

22/12/2017 … The Morecambe & Wise Show remans the most memorable Christmas TV programme on British TV.

Ellie Taylor joins Radio 2 panel show

Team captain on Gaby’s Talking Pictures

22/12/2017 … Ellie Taylor is to join Radio 4’s movie-based panel show Gaby’s Talking Pictures as a team captain.

Albany returns as comedy venue

Reopening in January

22/12/2017 … The basement of the Albany pub in central London is to reopen as a comedy club.

Lenny Henry pilots new sketch show

For a primetime Saturday night slot

22/12/2017 … Lenny Henry is piloting a new sketch comedy show.

Blappy Christmas!

Channel 4 releases new batch of comedy shorts

22/12/2017 … Channel 4 has released a new batch of Comedy Blaps featuring the likes of Rhys Darby, Rufus Jones and – as Chortle previously reported – Felicity Ward.

Fings are going well for Micky Flanagan

Comic tops download chart

21/12/2017 … Micky Flanagan’s An’ Another Fing tour is the most downloaded stand-up title of 2017, as well as being the bestselling comedy DVD.

Radio 4 to launch a multicultural sketch show

...and they're looking for writers

21/12/2017 … Radio 4 is to launch a multicultural sketch show next year.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The movie?

Jeff Garlin says it's likely

21/12/2017 … Curb Your Enthusiasm is set to be made into a movie, according to star Jeff Garlin.

League Of Gentlemen announce new tour dates

Including a night at the O2

21/12/2017 … The League of Gentlemen have announced eight more shows in their 2018 comeback tour.

The Office could be opening again

NBC 'plans to revive' US version

20/12/2017 … The US version of The Office could be coming back – but with many new cast members.

Leicester fest announces showcase line-ups

Including Comedian Of The Year and UK Pun Championship

20/12/2017 … Leicester's Comedy Festival has announced the line-ups for all its showcases of emerging comedians.

Pun king joins Birmingham radio station

Breakfast job for Lovdev Barpaga

20/12/2017 … Comedian Lovdev Barpaga is to join Free Radio Birmingham in a shake-up the station its first local breakfast team in 15 years.

'No gay, no show'

Mrs Brown's Boys won't go to Russia – as they wanted to axe Rory

19/12/2017 … Brendan O’Carroll says he turned down a Russian remake of Mrs Brown’s Boys, because they wanted to cut out gay character Rory.

1m see League Of Gentlemen's return

Audience up on slot average

19/12/2017 … Just over a million viewers watched The League Of Gentlemen return to TV after a 15-year absence  last night.

Stone me! Ian is the Comics' Comic

Circuit acts name their 2017 favourites

19/12/2017 … Ian Stone has been named this year’s Comics’ Comic.

Mohamed Omar takes New Comedian title

Final at Leicester Square Theatre tonight.

18/12/2017 … Mohamed Omar has been crowned this year's Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year.

Amazon passes on all its 2017 comedy pilots

Three shows all dropped, say US reports

18/12/2017 … Amazon has reportedly decided not not to pick up any of the three comedies it piloted last month.

Baddish news! Dave Gorman axes Modern Life Is Goodish

Comic says show is too demanding

18/12/2017 … Dave Gorman is to bring Modern Life Is Goodish to an end,  because the stress of compiling the shows is too demanding.

Radio Sheffield hails Bobby Knutt

Late comic wins 'legend' award

18/12/2017 … The late Yorkshire comedian Bobby Knutt was honoured with an award by BBC Radio Sheffield today.

Basil The Rat joins Antiques Roadshow

Fawlty Towers prop in for valuation

18/12/2017 … The most famous rodent in British comedy history is to make a guest appearance on The Antiques Roadshow.

Rich Hall on 12 months of Trump

New Radio 4 show

18/12/2017 … Rich Hall is returning to Radio 4 to examine the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency.

MXGA: Make Xmas Great Again!

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

17/12/2017 … Monday December 18LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN: We probably need say no more… A VERY welcome comeback for Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss to revive the…

Cockles at Christmas

The best of the week's live comedy

17/12/2017 … The best of the week’s live comedy.

Law and disorder

Tony's radio show and the rest of the week's comedy on demand

16/12/2017 … This week's comedy on demand.

Brennan Reece to voice new ITV2 show

Survival Of The Fittest is a sister show to Love Island

15/12/2017 … Brennan Reece is to voice ITV2’s new reality show  Survival of the Fittest.

Goodnight Sweetheart: The Musical becomes a reality

Opening in Romford next September

15/12/2017 … The musical version of Goodnight Sweetheart is to open next September.

Go 8-Bit team unite for live show

Playing the WiFi Wars games

15/12/2017 … The full cast of Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit are to perform their first live gig together And, of course, it’s based around video games.

League Of Gentlemen tour dates announced

Tickets go on sale next Wednesday

15/12/2017 … Full details of the League Of Gentlemen live tour have been released.

Nish Kumar to make Question Time debut

...appearing alongside Piers Morgan

15/12/2017 … Nish Kumar is to make his Question Time debut.

New Statesman revival is proving a real B'Stard

Writers admit plans have stalled

15/12/2017 … Plans to bring a revived version of The New Statesman to the screen have stalled because no broadcaster will broadcast such ‘scurrilous filth’, the comedy’s…

Curb Your Enthusiasm won't be curbed

Tenth series coming in 2018

15/12/2017 … Curb Your Enthusiasm is to return for a tenth season.

Vic and Bob are having more Big Nights Out

New series following comeback special

15/12/2017 … Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out is to return for four new episodes.

America tries to remake The IT Crowd... again

But this time Graham Linehan is involved

15/12/2017 … America is having another bite at remaking The IT Crowd.

Ricky Gervais's radio show comes to iTunes

UK listeners can buy Deadly Sirius episodes

15/12/2017 … Ricky Gervais’s radio show is being released as a series of paid-for downloads on iTunes.

Hwrê! Elis James records a new Welsh language special

One of three screening this Christmas

14/12/2017 … Elis James has shot another Welsh language stand-up special.

The League Of Gentlemen to tour in 2018

Coming to a local venue near you...

14/12/2017 … The League Of Gentlemen are to embark on a live tour next year.

Comics get their Christmas shorts on

New slate of online films coming soon

14/12/2017 … Comedy production house Turtle Canyon is to release a new batch of films online next week.

Twitter to host an exclusive stand-up show

...as Romesh Ranganthan stars in a new ad for the service

14/12/2017 … A new stand-up show is to be released exclusively on Twitter.

Geoff Norcott returns to Question Time

Conservative comic back on BBC flagship

13/12/2017 … Geoff Norcott is to make his second appearance on Question Time tomorrow.

BBC: Car Share episodes to go ahead as planned

TV shows unaffected by Peter Kay's tour cancellation

13/12/2017 … The special episodes of Peter Kay’s Car Share will be broadcast as planned, despite the comedian suddenly cancelling all 100 of his planned tour dates.

Give My Head Peace returns

New episodes for Northern Irish comedy

13/12/2017 … Northern Irish comedy series  Give My Head Peace is to return for three new episodes next year.

Screen Actors Guild 2017 nominees out

Here are the comedy shortlists

13/12/2017 … As the awards season marches on, the Screen Actors Guild have announced their nominees.

Peter Kay axes his tour

Shock as 100 arena dates cancelled over 'family circumstances'

13/12/2017 … Peter Kay has cancelled his 100-date UK arena tour - less than a month after announcing it.

The comedy club that welcomes screaming babies

'Mums can be themselves without being judged'

13/12/2017 … Comic Alyssa Kyria has been speaking about how she set up a mother-and-baby comedy club with play Carly Smallman.

The crowd takes over Komedia!

Community ownership bid hits its target

13/12/2017 … Komedia Bath has hit its target to become a community-owned venue.

Susan Calman writes a Doctor Who story

For a new female-led anthology

13/12/2017 … Susan Calman has written a Doctor Who story for a new all-female anthology.

'This has been a huge error!'

Romesh Ranganathan sells just 200 tickets in a 5,900-seat venue

12/12/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan's attempts to crack America are struggling – with the comic having sold barely 200 tickets for his gig at the legendary Greek Theatre…

Jason Manford tapes new gameshow

Putting kids through their paces

12/12/2017 … Jason Manford is tape a new primetime ITV game show challenging parents to guess how their children will behave in certain situations What Would…

Marc Maron announces London and Dublin dates

WTF podcaster's 2018 tour

12/12/2017 … Podcast pioneer Marc Maron has announced a UK date.

75th Golden Globe nominees out

Shortlists for comedy categories

12/12/2017 … The nominees have been announced for the 75th Golden Globe awards.

A cracker of a joke?

Winners of Gold's festive gag contest revealed

12/12/2017 … A pun about Theresa May’s ‘strong and stable’ mantra has won a competition to find the best topical Christmas cracker joke  Samuel Williams,…

Bifa wins for Death Of Stalin

Iannucci’s satire scooped four awards

11/12/2017 … Armando Iannucci’s The Death Of Stalin won four accolades at the British Independent Film Awards last night Simon Russell Beale won best supporting…

He's doing O-Kay

Peter's wealth swells by £1.9million

11/12/2017 … Peter Kay is earning more than £5,000 a day – even before he embarks on his mammoth UK arena tour.

'Drunk' Hannibal Buress arrested

Video shows him arguing with cops

10/12/2017 … US comic Hannibal Buress was arrested in the early hours of this morning for being drunk.

Craig Ferguson ripped off my pubes joke

Comic Ariane Sherine's claims over 'Hitler moustache' gag

10/12/2017 … Comedian Ariane Sherine reckons Craig Fergusson ripped off her idea in his new Netflix special.

Walking in a winter Omielan-d

The week's best live comedy

10/12/2017 … The week's best live comedy.

Taskmaster seeks its champion of champions

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

10/12/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Mazel tov! Aaron Simmonds is Jewish Comedian Of The Year

Winner of the Golden Groucho

10/12/2017 … Aaron Simmonds has been crowned Jewish Comedian of the Year.

Bridget Christie announces 2018 tour

What Now? launches at Glasgow Comedy Festival

09/12/2017 … Bridget Christie has announced a 2018 tour of her new show, What Now? In it, she discusses finding a more enjoyable way of life away from Brexit, Donald Trump…

Giving people a voice...

The week's comedy on demand

09/12/2017 … This week's comedy on demand.

Strictly improvised

Details of 2018's 50-hour Improvathon released

08/12/2017 … The annual 50-hour improvised comedy show is returning to London next year.

Four Candles script to be auctioned off

Who'll fork out for Ronnie Barker's handwritten words?

08/12/2017 … Ronnie Barker’s handwritten script for the classic Four Candles sketch is to go under the hammer again.

Is this Ireland's funniest joke?

Sean Hegarty takes the title

08/12/2017 … Comic Sean Hegarty has been crowned the winner of a competition to find Ireland's Funniest Joke.

4 on tour

Several comics announce UK dates

08/12/2017 … Four comedians have announced tours this week.

Could you amuse a moose?

New act hunt open for entries

08/12/2017 … Entries have opened for Amused Moose Comedy's national new comic awards.

Syd Little and The Krankies check in to The Real Marigold Hotel

Comics join BBC One's reality show

08/12/2017 … Syd Little and the Krankies are among the celebrities taking part in the third series of The Real Marigold Hotel.

Jack Whitehall to host the Brit Awards

'It is the kind of show you dream of hosting as a kid'

08/12/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to host the Brit Awards for the first time next year.

Comics back Komedia's community ownership bid

'A bold, canny step' says Mel Giedroyc

07/12/2017 … Comedy names including Mel Giedroyc and Nick Helm have joined a campaign to help Bath Komedia become a community-owned venue.

Dom Joly blasts YouTube plagiarist

Trigger Happy star rails against 'desperate, unpleasant' joke thief

07/12/2017 … Dom Joly has accused French YouTube prankster Rémi Gaillard of stealing his ideas.

James Acaster makes a Sky comedy short

...as does Badman star Humza Arsha and the internet's Charity Shop Sue

07/12/2017 … James Acaster and Diary Of A Badman star Humza Arshad have made Christmas comedy shorts for Sky.

Clubbing together for the homeless

26+ stand-up nights in one charity fundraising drive

07/12/2017 … At least 26 comedy clubs are combining to raise money to help the homeless next week.

Hannah Gadsby writes her memoirs

Ten Steps To Nanette out in 2018

06/12/2017 … Hannah Gadsby is writing her memoirs.

Watch the Bobby Thompson adverts 'banned' from TV

Trigger warning: The comedian is – shock! - smoking!

05/12/2017 … Here are the adverts for Sunderland comedy hero Bobby Thompson deemed unsuitable for broadcast.

Channel 5 buys Will & Grace comeback

Comedy returns to the UK in January

05/12/2017 … Channel 5 has acquired the rights to air the revived Will & Grace in the UK.

First pictures from Vic & Bob's Big Night Out

...and when's it on?

05/12/2017 … Here are the first photographs for the long-awaited return of Vic Reeves's Big Night Out after more than 25 years.

Praisin' Palin

BBC to celebrate Michael's career

05/12/2017 … BBC Two is to celebrate  Michael Palin’s career in an hour-long television special to be broadcast in the New Year.

Big Bang Theory star rejoins Roseanne

Johnny Galecki back in revived series

05/12/2017 … Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki is to return to Roseanne.

Damn The Torped-ho-ho-hos

Christmas special for forces' radio comedy

05/12/2017 … Forces radio BFBS is to record a  Christmas special of its military-themed comedy sketch show, Damn the Torpedoes.

End-of-year TV special for Frankie Boyle

Comic returning to New World Order

05/12/2017 … Frankie Boyle is making an end-of-the-year special of his New World Order show for BBC Two.

Gary Delaney named UK's hardest-working comedian

Ahead of Patrick Monahan

05/12/2017 … Gary  Delaney has been named this year’s ‘hardest working comedian’.

Best comedy writers hailed by their peers

Writers' Guild Award nominees out

05/12/2017 … Inside No.

Elvis is The King (of the Midlands Comedy Awards)

Elvis Dead creator Rob Kemp wins three accolades

04/12/2017 … Rob Kemp – the man behind the cult hit Edinburgh show The Elvis Dead – has picked up three trophies at the Midlands Comedy Awards tonight.

Another Radio 4 show for Henry Normal

On the topic of love

04/12/2017 … Henry  Normal is returning to Radio 4 for another of his comic poetry shows.

15 Storeys High back on the BBC

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

03/12/2017 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.

Shell shocked

Adam Riches investigates a tortoise massacre... and the rest of the week's live comedy picks

03/12/2017 … The week’s best live comedy.

Go sleigh 'em...

The week's comedy on demand

02/12/2017 … This week's comedy on demand.

Barack Obama set to become a cartoon hero

Quantum Leap-style comedy with Joe Biden

02/12/2017 … Barack Obama and his vice president Joe Biden are set to become time-travelling adventurers in a new animated comedy series.

Netflix backs off Haters Back Off

Miranda Sings series 'not renewed

02/12/2017 … Netflix has dropped Haters Back Off, its comedy series from YouTube star Miranda Sings.

Shappi Khorsandi voted out of I'm A Celebrity

Comedian is the first to leave show

02/12/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi last night become the first star to be eliminated from this season of I'm A Celebrity.

Limmy returns to the BBC

Broadcaster to pick up comic's DIY sketch show

01/12/2017 … Limmy is making a surprise return to the BBC with his new sketch show – and he’s writing an autobiography, Chortle can reveal.

700k watch Live At The Apollo

Down on last year

01/12/2017 … Live At The Apollo drew an audience of 710,000 to BBC Two last night.

Jimmy Carr and Sharon Horgan advertise Jags

Watch new C4 campaign here

01/12/2017 … Jimmy Carr and Sharon Horgan are starring in new adverts for Jaguar cars.

Fans scramble for League Of Gentlemen tickets

A local screening for local people proves popular

01/12/2017 … Almost 35,000 fans have already asked for free tickets for advancing screenings of the BBC’s Christmas TV programmes including Doctor Who and League Of Gentlemen.

Theatrical royalty join A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

What's the worst that could happen?

01/12/2017 … Sir Derek Jacobi and Dame Diana Rigg have joined the cast of te BBC One’s  A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.

Dream on...

Sky orders a second series of Living The Dream

01/12/2017 … Sky One’s comedy-drama Living the Dream has been recommissioned for a second series.

'I was Chinese Burned'

Lead Balloon star claims he was squeezed out of new BBC comedy

30/11/2017 … The co-star of Jack Dee sitcom Lead Balloon has launched a legal fight to be credited as co-creator of the new BBC comedy pilot Chinese Burn.

Gary Delaney announces Gagster's Paradise tour

42 dates for 2018/19

30/11/2017 … Gary Delaney has announced a new UK tour starting next year.

Joanna Lumley announces her first UK tour

'Oh people! I think it will be fabulous'

30/11/2017 … Joanna Lumley is to embark on her first ever live tour.

Going Forward isn't going forward

BBC drops Jo Brand comedy

30/11/2017 … Jo Brand's sitcom Going Forward has been dropped.

'I want to apologise to all concerned'

Artist sorry for using comedians' images in Calgary subway

29/11/2017 … The artist who used images of British comedians for a project in a Canadian underpass without their permission has issued an apology.

'The BBC should make an all-female Dad's Army'

MP calls for a 'Mum's Army' sitcom

29/11/2017 … An MP has called on the BBC to make a female reboot of Dad’s Army.

Chris Ramsey announces 2018 tour

...and Jeff Dunham reveals two arena dates

29/11/2017 … Chris Ramsey has announced a 2018 tour, based around the struggles of raising a small child.

Tear it down!

City to remove artwork that used stolen pictures of comedians

29/11/2017 … The Canadian city of Calgary is to tear down the public art instillation that illicitly used pictures of UK-based comedians.

BBC releases comedy hits as free iPlayer box sets

Christmas offerings include Inside No 9 and the Boosh

28/11/2017 … The BBC is to release some of its recent comedy hits as free-to-watch box sets on iPlayer.

When's Harry Hill's Tea-Time coming back?

And who are the guests?

28/11/2017 … Harry Hill’s Tea-Time will return to Sky One on January 2, it has been announced.

John Oliver to make his first appearance on a British TV show in 12 years

On The Russell Howard Hour

28/11/2017 …  John Oliver is to make his first appearance on a British TV show in almost 12 years.

Greg Davies tapes Netflix special

...and Jim Jefferies is to shoot his London stand-up show too

28/11/2017 … Greg Davies has become the latest British comic to land a Netflix special.

BBC to celebrate the 'nasty women' of comedy

Tribute radio show in the works

28/11/2017 … The BBC is to air a tribute to ‘feisty female comedians’.

Which comedians are up for a Grammy award?

Shortlist released

28/11/2017 …  Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan and Kevin Hart are all up for a Grammy Award.

Julian Barratt to star in a film about a haunted dress

Filming wraps on In Fabric

28/11/2017 … Julian Barratt has joined the cast of a new movie about a haunted dress.

Jack Whitehall to front World Cup series

Original commission for YouTube

28/11/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to front a YouTube series about next year’s football World Cup.

What on earth are we doing here?

Riddle of how comedians' photos came to be in a Canadian underpass

28/11/2017 … British-based comedians have been stunned to learn that their images are being used in a public art project in Canada.

Who are this year's Slapstick comedians?

Festival line-up revealed

28/11/2017 … Ade Edmondson, Lee Mack, Christopher Biggins and Jo Brand are among the stars set to appear at Bristol’s Slapstick comedy festival in January.

A-has from the past!

Unseen Alan Partridge footage in new BBC documentary

28/11/2017 … The BBC is to mark the return of Alan Partridge with a documentary about the character’s rise featuring archive footage never previously broadcast.

Comedians animate the inanimate

Doodlebugs launches as part of BBC One's Christmas line-up

28/11/2017 … Comics including Kayvan Novak, Morgana Robinson,  Spencer Jones and the Cardinal Burns duo are to give voices to everday objects in a new animated sketch show.

Charlie Brooker cancels 2017 Wipe

Satirist too busy on other shows

27/11/2017 … Charlie Brooker will not be making a 2017 Wipe, he has announced.

BBC makes a Brexit sitcom

...about that tricky Irish border issue

27/11/2017 … The BBC is making a Brexit sitcom about the controversy surrounding the Irish border.

Comic apologises over Down's Syndrome line

Barry Castagnola vows never to use it again

27/11/2017 … Stand-up Barry Castagnola has apologised for making a joke comparing himself to ‘Daniel Craig with Down’s Syndrome’.

Micky Flanagan tops DVD chart

Selling more than his last release

27/11/2017 … Micky Flangan’s new release has entered the DVD charts at No 3.

Who's in Chris Morris's new movie?

Secret project was filmed in the Caribbean this summer

27/11/2017 … Chris Morris's new film stars Anna Kendrick and was shot in the Caribbean and US, Chortle can reveal.

Class Dismissed wins a Bafta

Triumph at children's awards

27/11/2017 … Sketch series Class Dismissed won a children’s Bafta award.

Who is Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2017?

Leo Kearse crowned in Glasgow

27/11/2017 … Leo Kearse has been named 2017’s Scottish Comedian Of The Year.

Susan Calman waltzes out of Strictly

...but it's not her last dance

27/11/2017 … Susan Calman’s time on Strictly is over.

It's a funny old world...

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

26/11/2017 … A quiet week on the comedy front this week, but here are a few TV and radio highlights.

A very Kitson Christmas

The week's best live comedy

26/11/2017 … The week's best live comedy.

Calman cast adrift after nautical number

Susan bottom of the Strictly leaderboard again

25/11/2017 … Susan Calman has come bottom of the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard for the second week running.

Fire closes Komedia

Bath comedy night cancelled

25/11/2017 … Bath's Komedia venue has cancelled its comedy club tonight after a fire broke out.

'Shannon Matthews' is released

The week's comedy on demand

25/11/2017 … This week’s comedy on demand.

Felicity Ward shoots a Channel 4 Blap

Based on her stand-up show

25/11/2017 … Felicity Ward is making a Comedy Blap based on her anxiety issues and experience of having irritable bowel syndrome.

Channel 4 apologises over IRA joke

Outrage over gag on Black-ish

24/11/2017 … Channel 4 has issued a qualified apology over a joke that made light of the Irish troubles.

Toast Of London is to return

Matt Berry reveals he is working on new episodes 'in my head'

24/11/2017 … Toast Of London is to return.

Top comics slash tour ticket prices

Half price deals for Black Friday

24/11/2017 … Several star comedians are joining in Black Friday - offering half price off their tour tickets.

From Chewing Gum to astrophysics

Michaela Coel hints at her next project

24/11/2017 … Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel  is working on a project that explores  ‘race, politics and astrophysics’.

Martin Clunes pilots BBC One sitcom

Playing a grumpy driving instructor

23/11/2017 … Martin Clunes is set to star in his first sitcom since the Reggie Perrin remake.

Death Of Stalin wins independent film awards

Craft honours for Armando Iannucci's satire

23/11/2017 … Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin has won three categories in the craft section of the British Independent Film Awards The political satire …

John Bishop to be In Conversation With more stars

W orders a fourth series

23/11/2017 …  John Bishop is to make a fourth series of his interview series In Conversation With…  The W channel has ordered another ten hour-long episodes…

Double Broadcast Award nomination for Taskmaster

Dave show up for TV industry accolades

23/11/2017 … Taskmaster has been nominated for two accolades in the Broadcast Awards.

Kevin Bridges adds tour dates

'Brand New' show coming in 2018

23/11/2017 … Kevin Bridges has added an extra six dates to his Brand New tour.

Where can you see the new League Of Gentlemen first?

Erm, Hartlepool

23/11/2017 … New episodes of The League of Gentlemen are to get their world premiere … in Hartlepool.

Together at last: Sue Perkins and Kenneth Williams

Just A Minute mash-up... and other Christmas radio highlights

22/11/2017 … Comedians from across the decades are to face up to each other in a mash-up edition of Just A Minute marking he panel show’s 50th anniversary.

Lenny Henry to star in Neil Gaiman adaptation

Anansi Boys comes to Radio 4

22/11/2017 … Lenny Henry is to star in a BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s  fantasy story Anansi Boys.

Radio 4 to air rare Richard Pryor tapes

In a documentary fronted by Lenny Henry

22/11/2017 … Lenny Henry is to examine Richard Pryor’s most formative period in a new Radio 4 documentary.

The Scottish comedian of the year... could be French

Finalists announced

22/11/2017 … A Frenchman could be named Scottish comedian of the year.

A rift? Not Likely

James Bolam denies a fallout with Rodney Bewes

22/11/2017 … The Likely Lads star James Bolam has denied there was any feud with his co-star Rodney Bewes, who died yesterday at the age of 79 Bewes once called his co-star…

BBC Two to air unseen Morecambe & Wise footage

Documentary to feature rare home movies

22/11/2017 … Unseen footage of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise will be screened in a new special on BBC Two this Christmas.

Taskmaster goes Danish

Scandinavian broadcaster to make its own version

22/11/2017 … Denmark is set to make its own version of Taskmaster.

Adam Kay's NHS memoir named book of the year

In a public vote run through bookstores

21/11/2017 … Comedian Adam Kay’s account of his time working in the NHS has been named ‘book of the year’ by a public vote.

Noel Fielding to play Alice Cooper

...on the day he met Salvador Dali

21/11/2017 … Noel Fielding is to play Alice Cooper in a film telling the true story of the rock star’s meeting with Salvador Dali.

Sky One orders more Bounty Hunters

Jack Whitehall and Rosie Perez to return

21/11/2017 … Sky 1 has ordered a second series of Jack Whitehall action series Bounty Hunters.

Likely Lad Rodney Bewes dies

Sitcom great was 79

21/11/2017 … Likely Lads star Rodney Bewes has died at the age of 79.

Comics up for radio gongs

BBC Audio Drama Award nominees revealed

21/11/2017 … Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, John Finnemore, Marcus Brigstocke, and Sarah Kendall have all been shortlisted for radio comedy awards.

When is Through The Keyhole coming back?

ITV announces Keith Lemon's return

21/11/2017 … ITV has announced the air date for the fifth season of Through the Keyhole.

Mrs Brown's star replaces Al Porter in panto

Rory Brown is the new Ugly Sister

21/11/2017 … Former Mrs Brown's Boys star Rory Cowan is to replace Al Porter in panto.

Peter Kay adds five more dates

2018/19 tour keeps expanding...

21/11/2017 … Peter Kay has added yet more dates to his 2018/2019 tour.

From Successville to the Crystal Maze

Tom Davis takes part in celebrity Christmas special

21/11/2017 … As the puppet-master in Murder In Successville, Tom Davis is used to putting celebrities through their paces.

Murder On The Blackpool Express is killing it

Comedy is Gold's most popular show ever

21/11/2017 … The comedy whodunnit Murder On The Blackpool Express has become the highest-rated show ever to air on Gold.

Alan Partridge wins an Emmy

International award for Scissored Isle

21/11/2017 … Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle has won an international Emmy Award.

Early Doors revived as a stage play

With creators Craig Cash and Phil Mealey

21/11/2017 … Early Doors is being revived as a stage play.

The last thoughts of Jim Hacker

Yes Prime Minister politician muses on Brexit

21/11/2017 … The last diary entries of Yes Prime Minister's Jim Hacker have been published.

Kevin Bridges announces 'Brand New' tour

Dates for 2018

21/11/2017 … Kevin Bridges has announced a new tour for 2018.

London Hughes Goes Dating

Comic joins E4 reality show

21/11/2017 … London Hughes is to take part in the new series of Celebs Go Dating.

Only Fools named Britain's favourite sitcom

New poll has Fawlty Towers second and Blackadder third

21/11/2017 … Only Fools And Horses has been voted Britain’s favourite sitcom.

My Dad Wrote A Porno goes on tour

22 dates announced for 2018

20/11/2017 … The team behind the hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno are to embark on a live tour next year.

Al Porter out of his panto role

Comedian steps down after groping allegations

20/11/2017 … Al Porter is stepping down from his role in pantomime this year following allegations he groped fellow comedians.

Cosby Show's Grandpa Huxtable dies

Actor Earle Hyman was 91

19/11/2017 … Earle Hyman, who played Bill Cosby’s dad on his long-running sitcom, has died at the age of 91.

Shappi skydives into the jungle

Day one of I'm A Celebrity

19/11/2017 … Our daily kangaroo-testicle-sized round-up of what happened to Shappi Khorsandi in the I’m A Celebrity jungle… • The celebrities were paired…

Jeffrey Tambor quits Transparent

'I don't see how I can return' following harassment allegations

19/11/2017 … Jeffery Tambor has reportedly quit Transparent.

Susan Calman survives Strictly vote

On to week 10!

19/11/2017 … Susan Calman has survived to dance another day.

Al Porter: I've been taken aback by the vitriol I've received

Comic issues statement as he quits radio show following groping allegations

19/11/2017 … Al Porter says he has been ‘taken aback’ by the ‘vitriol’ he has received following allegations that he groped fellow comedians.

Micky Flanagan: I can think of nothing more horrific than being middle-class

Comic appears on Desert Island Discs

19/11/2017 … Micky Flanagan says there would be 'nothing more horrific' than for him to be considered middle class.

Would I Lie To You is back (honest)

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

19/11/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

The Cho must go on

The week's best live comedy

19/11/2017 … The week's best live comedy.

And YET MORE Peter Kay dates are added

Was there a cynical attempt to boost demand?

19/11/2017 … Yet more tickets have gone on sale for Peter Kay's first tour in eight years.

Susan's Strictly struggle

Comedian Calman comes bottom of leaderboard

18/11/2017 … Susan Calman is fighting for her Strictly Come Dancing future after scoring just 25 points in tonight’s episode.

Al Porter steps aside from radio show

Following allegations he groped fellow comics

18/11/2017 … Al Porter is stepping aside from his radio show amid allegations that he groped fellow comedians.

Remembering Peter Cook on his 80th birthday

The best comedy on demand

18/11/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.

It's within Spitting distance...

US broadcasters vie for revival of puppet satire

18/11/2017 … A proposed US remake of Spitting Image is at the centre of a bidding war in Hollywood.

Surprise! Peter Kay's Car Share to return

Story finale and improvised episode for 2018

17/11/2017 … Peter Kay's Car Share is to return next year.

Life of Brian gets a new 'welease'

Movie back in cinemas for its 40th anniversary

17/11/2017 … Monty Python’s Life of Brian is to return to cinemas next year to mark its 40th anniversary.

Second woman accuses Jeffrey Tambor of sexual harassment

Alleged misconduct on Transparent set

17/11/2017 … A second woman has come forward to accuse  Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor of sexual harassment.

I want to make a Live At The Apollo with comics over 50

John Moloney's plan to balance TV's youth bias

17/11/2017 … John Moloney is shooting a stand-up series for comics over-50 in response to TV's bias towards young comedians.

Did BBC Scotland rip off this comedian's routine?

Sketch is remarkably similar

17/11/2017 … BBC Scotland has been accused of ripping off an up-and-coming stand-up.

Meet the comedian playing 7 countries in 7 languages in 7 days

'You have to keep challenging yourself'

17/11/2017 … A comedian is to perform seven gigs in seven languages in seven nations in seven days.

'Can you still love someone who did bad things?'

Sarah Silverman on her friend Louis CK

17/11/2017 … Sarah Silverman has responded to the revelations about Louis CK, admitting that she’s conflicted about how one of her best friends could have sexually harassed…

Have we got complaints for you

Panel show causes most offence

16/11/2017 … Have I Got News for You has topped a list of complaints made to the BBC in the past two weeks The contentious episode, in which host Jo Brand took the all-male…

Comics get some Friday Night Feasts

Guest stars on C4 food show

16/11/2017 … Greg Davis, Sarah Millican Simon Pegg and Johnny Vegas are among the guests on the next series of Channel 4’s Friday Night Feasts.

Why we need to keep mocking Donald Trump

...even if the jokes aren't always funny

16/11/2017 … Comedians need to keep making jokes about Donald Trump – even if it’s hard to be original and near-impossible to exaggerate his failings for comic effect.

Scot Squad patrols River City

Mash-up sketch for Children In Need

16/11/2017 … Scot Squad and River City have joined together for a mash-up sketch for BBC's Children In Need.

Fist of Fun's 'Pie Master' dies

Bill Cashmore was also a writer and corporate speak

16/11/2017 … Actor Bill Cashmore – whose credits include Lee & Herring’s Fist Of Fun, Brass Eye and Men Behaving Badly – has died in his mid-50s.

Bah humbug! Comics unleash their inner Grinches

New show for ITV2

16/11/2017 … Mark Watson, Ellie Taylor and Richard Gadd are among the comics taking part in a new TV stand-up show in which they air their pet peeves about Christmas.

Peter Kay announces new tour

First dates in eight years

16/11/2017 … Peter Kay  is to embark on his first stand-up tour in eight years.

Richard Herring's new way of fundraising

Kickstarter launches a subscription service, Drip

15/11/2017 … Richard Herring has become the first British comedian to join a new Kickstarter service that allows fans to set up regular subscriptions.

Susan Calman joins Strictly Come Dancing Live

UK tour next year

15/11/2017 … .

Keith Barron dies at 83

Star of Duty Free sitcom

15/11/2017 … Sitcom star Keith Barron has died at the age of 8 3after a short illness.

John Kearns announces UK tour

Dates for Don’t Worry They’re Here

15/11/2017 …  Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns has announced a UK tour of his latest show, Don’t Worry They’re Here.

Chris Addison's movie gets a US release date

Remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

15/11/2017 … Chris Addison’s first movie as a director has been given a US release date… but no title.

Back will be back

Channel 4 orders a second series of Mitchell and Webb comedy

15/11/2017 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of David Mitchell and Robert Webb comedy Back.

Can you make Wales laugh?

BBC seeks new comedies for the nation

14/11/2017 … The BBC is launching an initiative to find up to three new comedy programmes for BBC One in Wales.

Ian Boldsworth wins Mind award

Praise for The Mental Podcast

14/11/2017 … Ian Boldsworth has won an award from mental health charity Mind for his podcasting.

Jeremy Hardy and Simon Evans return to Radio 4

New series from both

14/11/2017 … Jeremy Hardy and Simon Evans are both returning to Radio 4 for new series.

Glasgow Comedy Fest gets a new sponsor

Whyte & Mackay back 2018 event

14/11/2017 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has announced a new sponsor: Whyte & Mackay whisky.

Michael McIntyre expands his Big World Tour

New gigs in Leeds and Liverpool

14/11/2017 … Michael McIntyre has added two more UK dates to his Big World Tour.

Louis CK's manager apologises

‘I profoundly regret not taking this seriously'

14/11/2017 … Louis CK’s former manager has apologised for ignoring reports of the comedian’s sexual misbehaviour.

BBC One orders A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

'It's going to be terrible'

14/11/2017 … BBC One is to air A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong this December The festive one-off follows the success of last year’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong, pictured, which…

Shappi Khorsandi joins I'm A Celebrity

Comedian jets in to Australia

13/11/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi is taking part in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… The comedian touched down in Brisbane today ahead of this year’s series…

John Thomson and Sally Phillips join Trollied

Sky sitcom to return for seventh series

13/11/2017 … John Thomson and Sally Phillips have joined the cast of Sky One sitcom Trollied.

Dave Gorman brings Power(point) to the people

New tour announced

13/11/2017 … Dave Gorman has announced a tour for autumn 2018.

Angus Deayton takes Radio Active on tour

Ten dates for the team in 2018

13/11/2017 … Angus Deayton is taking his career-making 1980s comedy Radio Active on tour.

Lano & Woodley reunite

Aussie Perrier-winners back together after 12 years

13/11/2017 … Australian comedy duo Lano & Woodley have announced a new tour down under – 12 years after their alleged ‘farewell’ tour.

Undead funny...

The week's live comedy

12/11/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.

Continuing adventures in Motherland

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

12/11/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Tangotastic!

Susan Calman wows Strictly judges

11/11/2017 … Susan Calman tangoed her way to Blackpool on Strictly Come Dancing this week.

Maria Bamford Is Nuts!

The week's comedy on demand

11/11/2017 … The week's best comedy on demand.

We wish you a Merry Kitson

Daniel announces tour of his festive storytelling show

11/11/2017 … Daniel Kitson has announced a tour of his festive storytelling show, A Show For Christmas.

Hollywood severs more ties with Louis CK

Deals collapse, management dumps him

11/11/2017 … Louis CK has been ostracised by Hollywood as fallout from  his admission of sexual misconduct grows.

Louis CK: These stories are all true

Comic admits to sexual misconduct as his career crumbles

10/11/2017 … Louis CK has admitted that the reports about his sexual misconduct  are true.

Netflix axes Louis CK special

The fallout continues

10/11/2017 … Claims of Louis CK’s inappropriate sexual behaviour have now cost him a Netflix special.

Now all screenings of Louis CK's movie are pulled

Distributor scraps release plans

10/11/2017 … The release of Louis CK’s new movie I Love You, Daddy has been scrapped following allegations against its creator.

Ed Westwick halts White Gold filming

Sitcom scenes on hold as actor fights rape claims

10/11/2017 … Filming of Ed Westwick’s scenes on the second series of BBC sitcom White Gold has been placed on hold amid rape accusations against him.

Jess to impress

Impersonator Robinson announces 2018 tour

10/11/2017 … Musical impressionist and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Jess Robinson is to go on tour in 2018.

Shappi Khorsandi announces 2018 tour

About the life of Lady Emma Hamilton

10/11/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi has announced a 2018 tour of her latest show, Mistress and Misfit.

Red Dwarf plans a stage extravaganza

Crew set to land at London's O2 Arena

10/11/2017 … Red Dwarf is set to become a large-scale live show.

Margaret Cho: Sleazy producer demanded sex

'Sleep with me and get $1m for your movie'

10/11/2017 … Margaret Cho has revealed that a producer offered her $1million to make a film – but only if she would sleep with him.

Have you got a NATY comedy act?

Talent hunt seeks competitors for 2018

10/11/2017 … The annual NATY new act of the year competition has put out a call for entries.

Louis CK's reputation lies in tatters

Hollywood dumps comic as women speak out over sexual misconduct

10/11/2017 … The rumours that have been swirling around the comedy world for years were made public last night, as five women who accused Louis CK of sexual misconduct went public…

John Bishop extends his tour

26 new Winging It dates for 2018

10/11/2017 … John Bishop has announced an extra 26 shows in his Winging It tour for 2018.

Kathy Griffin faints on stage

Drama in Dublin

09/11/2017 … Kathy Griffin fainted on stage in Dublin last night.

Louis CK film premiere suddenly scrapped

Is a big story about his sexual activities about to drop?

09/11/2017 … The New York premiere of Louis CK’s controversial new film I Love You, Daddy has been pulled at the last minute.

John Bishop interviews Jeremy Corbyn

Extra episode added to his In Conversation With... series

09/11/2017 …  John Bishop has added an extra episode to his In Conversation With.

Jim Davidson gig pulled at last minute

Fans furious

09/11/2017 …  Jim Davidson’s show was pulled just 30 minutes before he was due on stage last night.

Count Arthur Strong to return to radio

...and he's going on tour in 2018

09/11/2017 … The BBC has commissioned two more episodes of Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show.

BBC boss: Local radio should nurture new comedy talent

Lord Hall cites Radio Norfolk project

09/11/2017 … BBC director-general Tony Hall has called on local radio stations to do more to nurture new comedy talent.

Top of the Notts

Simon Lomas scoops festival's new act title

09/11/2017 … Simon Lomas has been won the Nottingham Comedy Festival's new act of the year competition.

BBC celebrates the world of stand-up

International showcase for the World Service

08/11/2017 … Britain’s international comedy scene is to be celebrated in a special World Service programme to be broadcast around the globe.

Giving John Shuttleworth a rest

Creator Graham Fellows goes on tour as himself

08/11/2017 … John Shuttleworth creator Graham Fellows is hanging up his purple leather jacket and putting his Yahama in storage – and performing his first tour as himself.

Motherland nurtures 1.3m viewers

Ratings success for BBC sitcom

08/11/2017 … Motherland attracted 1.

Chris Rock: 'Women cry rape because they want money'

Joke causes outrage

08/11/2017 … Big comics may play small clubs to test out new material away from the glare of publicity… but Chris Rock has found out the hard way there are no guarantees.

Elvis Dead creator dominates Midlands Comedy Awards

Rob Kemp shortlisted in six categories

07/11/2017 … The creator of cult Edinburgh hit The Elvis Dead leads the nominations in this year’s Midlands Comedy Awards.

White Gold star accused of rape

But Ed Westwick says: 'I do not know this woma'

07/11/2017 … White Gold star Ed Westwick has been accused of raping an actress three years ago.

The Search Party continues

C4 buys second series of cult US comedy

07/11/2017 … Channel 4 has bright the second series of millennial mystery show Search Party for its on demand service All 4.

Lenny Henry: 'Comedy's rediscovered its punk spirit'

'We've been waiting for a bit of anarchy'

07/11/2017 … Comedians have rediscovered a punk spirit amid today’s political turmoil, Sir Lenny Henry says.

What a birthday present!

Kathryn Mather wins Beat The Frog World series

07/11/2017 … Former children's entertainer Kathryn Mather has won the annual new talent hunt run by  Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club.

More 'Bad Moves' for ITV

Jack Dee sitcom to return

07/11/2017 … ITV has ordered a second series of Jack Dee’s comedy Bad Move.

Rare Tony Hancock recordings released

BBC puts out a new CD

06/11/2017 … The BBC has released a collection of rare Tony Hancock recordings on CD.

Mrs Brown's tax avoiders

How sitcom stars sent their fees offshore

06/11/2017 … Three stars of Mrs Brown's Boys have been named as diverting more than £2million into an offshore tax-avoidance scheme.

Miranda Hart to host a festive C4 special

'A raucous Christmas party'

06/11/2017 … Miranda Hart is to host a Christmas special for Channel 4.

Billy Bailey announces London Christmas dates

Previewing his new Larks In Transit tour

06/11/2017 … Bill Bailey is launching his 2018 tour with a run of London dates over Christmas, it has been announced today.

New play charts Douglas Adams's writer's block

Inspired by a true story about the Hitchhiker's Guide author

06/11/2017 … The writer’s block Douglas Adams suffered as he agonised over the Hitchhiker’s Guide The Galaxy has been dramatised in a new stage play.

The Griffin has landed

The week's live comedy

05/11/2017 … The week's best live comedy.

The mother of all comedies

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

05/11/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Susan Calman's back in the jiving seat

Comic makes the top five in this week's Strictly

04/11/2017 … Susan Calman staged a remarkable comeback on Stricly Come Dancing tonight following her disappointing showing last week.

The wizardry of Joz

The best comedy on demand

04/11/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.

Who will leap to the top?

Meet the 2017 Beat The Frog World Series finalists

03/11/2017 … The finalists have been named for this year’s Beat The Frog World Series  competition run by Manchester’s  Frog & Bucket comedy club.

Joe Pasquale hits the car boot sales

For a new Channel 4 show

03/11/2017 … Joe Pasquale is to be among the celebrities taking part in a new daytime Channel 4 show baxedaround car boot sales.

Iliza Shlesinger announces UK dates

Three shows for US comic

03/11/2017 … American comic Iliza Shlesinger is to play three UK dates next year.

Ross Noble announces 2018 tour dates

67 nights for El Hablador show

03/11/2017 … Ross Noble has announced his 16th tour show, El Hablador.

Brendon O'Caroll sells off his cup final seats

VIP box auctioned for charity

02/11/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll is selling off his VIP box for this weekend’s Irish FA Cup final.

BBC backs Peep Show duo

Commercial arm invests in writers' new company

02/11/2017 … The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has bought a 20 per cent stake in a new production company formed by Peep Show writers  Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

Comedy channel NextUp links with Amazon

Now a bolt-on for Prime subscribers

02/11/2017 … Stand-up on-demand service NextUp has signed a deal to make its comedy specials available via Amazon.

Bob Mortimer wins Taskmaster series 5

Now returns for a Champion of Champions challenge

02/11/2017 … Bob Mortimer is to take part in the  Taskmaster ‘Champion of Champions’ special after triumphing in the fifth series last night.

Benidorm stage show to tour in 2018

'It'll be the brash comedy you've come to love'

02/11/2017 … Benidorm is being turned into a stage show that will tour the UK next year.

Four Weddings And A Funeral could become a TV show

With Mindy Kalling

02/11/2017 … American comedian Mindy Kaling is working on a US adaptation of Four Weddings And A Funeral for TV An anthology series of hour-long episodes inspired by the the…

Flight of the Conchords add 11 dates

...as promoters clamp down on touts

01/11/2017 … Flight of the Conchords have announced 11 more dates in their UK and Ireland tour.

Omid Djalili releases stand-up special for free

...but asks for donations for cancer research

01/11/2017 … Omid Djalili has released his 2015 stand-up show Iranalamadingdong online for free.

Gilligan sells mo tickets

Comic fills London theatre 12 times over

01/11/2017 … Mo Gilligan has sold out 12 nights at London’s Leicester Square Theatre in 24 hours – despite having almost no mainstream profile.

Anna Maxwell Martin joins Good Omens

More casting news for Gaiman/Pratchett comedy

01/11/2017 … More casting has been announced for Good Omens, the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s comedy fantasy.

Aziz Ansari accepts a Bafta award

...and he's pretty pissed off about it

01/11/2017 … Aziz Ansari has picked up Bafta’s Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence In Comedy in Los Angeles – and instantly blasted the prize.

Miranda Hart to host the Royal Variety Show

...but she's NOT the first woman to do so

01/11/2017 … Miranda Hart is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance.

More for Leicester

Comedy fest grows again in its 25h year

01/11/2017 … Leicester Comedy Festival has launched its 2018 programme,  featuring 836 events and  613 performers across 69 venues – making it 8.

Tom Rhodes accuses fellow comic Louie Anderson of sexual assault

Stand-up says he was groped at 19

31/10/2017 … American comedian Tom Rhodes has accused fellow stand-up Louie Anderson of sexual assault.

Rob Rouse joins Radio Sheffield

New weekly roadshow

31/10/2017 … Rob Rouse is joining BBC  Radio Sheffield.

YouTube boost for female comics

New global scheme offers mentors and facilities

31/10/2017 … YouTube has launched a global programme to mentor and promote female comedy talent.

Billy Connolly gets knighted

Big Yin heads to Buckingham Palace today

31/10/2017 … Billy Connolly is to receive his knighthood today, just a few weeks before turning 75.

ITV orders more Cold Feet

Series 8 coming next year

31/10/2017 … ITV has commissioned an eighth series of Cold Feet.

Lisa Casey is the Irish Comedian Of The Year

Taking the crown at Galway Comedy Carnival

30/10/2017 … Lisa Casey – pictured centre – has been crowned Irish Comedian of the Year 2017.

Gina Yashere to tape a Netflix special

Half-hour performance for The Standups series

30/10/2017 … Gina Yashere is to film a half-hour stand-up special for Netflix.

Found! Missing TIll Death To Us Part episode

Alf Garnett sitcom had been lost for 50 years

30/10/2017 … Another lost episode of controversial Sixties sitcom Till Death Us Do Part has been recovered.

Maria Bamford to make her London debut

Two nights announced for March

30/10/2017 … Maria Bamford is to play her first ever shows in England.

'Bit sick to make this up'

Limmy blasted over Simon Cowell death hoax

30/10/2017 … Limmy has been criticised for tweeting that Simon Cowell had died of a heart attack.

Ed Byrne joins Hitchhikers' Guide

As do Lenny Henry and Jim Broadbent

30/10/2017 … Ed Byrne has joined the cast of the new Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series.

Russell Brand's up for debate

Comic tries out new TV format

30/10/2017 … Russell Brand is working on a new TV show in which he will debate issues with members of the public.

Trevor Noah announces first ever UK arena date

London gig in May

30/10/2017 … Trevor Noah as announced his first ever UK arena date.

Fun in the sun?

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

29/10/2017 … This week's comedy on TV and radio.

Comics launch website to help the homeless

Sean Lock, Bill Bailey and Lee Mack get behind Nextmeal.co.uk

29/10/2017 … Sean Lock, Bill Bailey and Lee Mack are helping to launch  a new website designed to help homeless people in London find out where their nearest hot meal is.

Stewart Lee returns to London

The best of the week's live comedy

29/10/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.

Susan Calman channels Game Of Thrones in Strictly

...but it's the judges who are breathing fire

29/10/2017 … Susan Calman has lived to dance another week in Strictly.

Flight of the Conchords add another London date

...and where to get tickets for several cities at face value

28/10/2017 … Flight Of The Concords have added a second London date to their 2018 tour.

'Weird in an Adult Swim kinda way...'

The week's comedy on demand

28/10/2017 … The week's comedy on demand.

Lenny Henry makes Commonwealth documentary

Filmed in the Caribbean

28/10/2017 … Sir Lenny Henry is to present a BBC One documentary about the British Commonwealth.

Rob Brydon roughs it with Bear Grylls

'If I have to die anywhere, it should be here'

27/10/2017 … Rob Brydon is to forego the comforts of the Michelin-starred restaurants and five-star hotels of The Trip for a trek in the wilds of Snowdonia with Bear Grylls.

Andy Zaltzman gets philosophical

Comic follows ancient schools of thought for R4 series

27/10/2017 … Comic Andy Zaltzman has spent three weeks living by the teachings of various ancient schools of philosophy for a new Radio 4 series.

Flight of the Conchords sell out in seconds

Touts cash in

27/10/2017 … Tickets for Flight Of The Conchords’ UK tour sold out with seconds of going on sale this morning.

Australian channel gambles on comedy

New home for Britcoms and home-grown talent

27/10/2017 … Australian state broadcaster ABC is to dedicate its second TV channel entirely to comedy.

Gervais's 'platinum tickets' raise £200,000 for charity

Humanity boosts RSPCA and cancer causes

26/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais has raised £200,000 for charity from sales of premium tickets for his stand-up tour Humanity.

Joe Wilkinson joins the Moomins

Alongside Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade

26/10/2017 … Joe Wilkinson has joined the cast of Sky One’s revivial of the Moomins The comic will play the butterfly collecting Hemulen when the animated show,…

Hear Kurupt FM's new single

From the Lost Tapes recorded by the People Just Do Nothing stars

26/10/2017 … Kurupt FM revealed their new single for the first time on BBC Radio 1 Xtra last night.

Chevvy Chase announces UK date

An Audience With.. session in London

26/10/2017 … Chevy Chase has announced a London date.

Netflix buys Ricky Gervais's Humanity special

Biggest deal yet for a UK stand-up

25/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais's stand-up special Humanity is to be released on Netflix.

Work starts on Not Going Out series 9

Episodes to be filmed from next month

25/10/2017 … Lee Mack is to start recording the ninth season of his BBC One sitcom Not Going Out from next month.

Web verticals! Content engagement! Production parameters!'

Yes, it's a new comedy internet channel ...

25/10/2017 … A new digital comedy channel is due to launch next momth, featuring actors and writers from Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, and Veep.

Poptabulous news! Smashie's back

Paul Whitehouse revives the DJ for Christmas specials

25/10/2017 … Paul Whitehouse is to revive the character of radio DJ Mike ‘Smashie’ Smash for a new TV show this Christmas.

Jack Whitehall joins The Nutcracker

Major role in new Disney movie

25/10/2017 … Jack Whitehall has landed a major role in the forthcoming Disney blockbuster The Nutcracker And The Four Realms.

Benson star dies at 89

Robert Guillaume had prostate cancer

25/10/2017 …  Robert Guillaume, who starred in the US sitcom Benson, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 89.

Bafta hails Armando Iannucci

Outstanding achievement honour from the Scottish brancjh

24/10/2017 … Armando Iannucci is to be presented with the Scottish Bafta award for his outstanding contribution to film and television.

Look who's coming back!

First image of the League Of Gentlemen reunion

24/10/2017 … Here is the first  image from the League  Of Gentlemen revival shows coming to BBC Two this Christmas.

It's all about the Jewish jokes

Comedy festival line-up announced

24/10/2017 … David Baddiel, Shappi Khorsandi and Mark Steel are among the stand-ups appearing at this year’s UK Jewish Comedy Festival.

Comic shortlisted for major playwriting prize

'It's a massive shock,' says Archie Maddocks

24/10/2017 … Stand-up Archie Maddocks has been shortlisted for the largest playwriting award in Europe.

Buy Eric Morecambe's car

(...but he did suffer a heart attack in it)

24/10/2017 … The car Eric Morecambe was driving when he suffered his first heart attack is set to fetch around £100,000 when it is auctioned off next month.

Goodbye Sean

Comedy world says goodbye to a stand-up with the soul of an artist

24/10/2017 … It would have been the comedy line-up of the year.

Eddie Izzard's new bid to join Labour's ruling body

‘I’ve tried to give a voice to those who don't have one'

24/10/2017 … Eddie Izzard is standing for election to Labour Party's national executive committee.

Mash Report to return in 2018

Nish Kumar to front six new episodes

23/10/2017 … The Mash Report is to return for a second series next year.

My Favorite Murder podcast comes to UK

Live show in Hammersmith Apollo

23/10/2017 … American true crime comedy podcast My Favorite Murder is to stage its first live show in the UK  – in the 3,600-capacity Hammersmith Eventim Apollo The…

James Acaster to switch on Kettering's Christmas lights

So that's one up on Lindsay Lohan

23/10/2017 … James Acaster is to switch on the Christmas lights in his home town of Kettering.

Death of Stalin takes £1m

Strong opening weekend for Armando Iannucci's film

23/10/2017 … The Death Of Stalin got off to a strong start  at the box office this weekend.

Al Murray returns to ITV after eight years

Pub Landlord to host Christmas special

23/10/2017 … Al Murray is returning to ITV for the first time in eight years with a Christmas special.

Conchords land in the UK again

First dates in seven years

23/10/2017 … Flight of the Conchords have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in more than seven years.

Hazel O'Connor: Benny Hill assulted me

He was 47, she 21

22/10/2017 … Punk star Hazel O'Connor claims Benny Hill forced himself on her at his London flat.

Tracey Breaks The News again

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

22/10/2017 … The best of this week’s comedy on radio and TV.

Catch more Fish

QI's podcast goes on tour, and the rest of the week's life comedy

22/10/2017 … The pick of the week's live comedy shows.

Voice contestant wins comedy title

Jordan Gray speaks about life as a transgender woman

22/10/2017 … A former contestant on The Voice has been crowned the Colchester New Comedian of the year in Essex.

That was a cha-cha-challenge

Susan Calman comes bottom of the Strictly leaderboard

21/10/2017 … Susan Calman came joint last on Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard.

Nina tries to get the monkey off her back

The week's comedy on demand

21/10/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Mel Giedroyc does Shakespeare

Comic cast in Much Ado About Nothing

20/10/2017 … Mel Giedroyc is to take on a Shakespearean role in a new production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Bill Hicks' Revelations to be released on audio for the first time

Double LP and download

20/10/2017 … Bill Hicks’s classic Revelations show will be come out as an audio release for the first time ever next month.

We wish you a Mary Christmas

Mel and Sue reunite with Ms Berry

20/10/2017 …  Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are to reunite with Mary Berry for a one-off Christmas special.

Meerra Syal joins Annie

Following in Miranda Hart's footsteps

20/10/2017 … Meeral Syal is taking over as the big-name star of Annie in the West End.

Rock solid ticket sales for Granite City comedy festival

Audiences rise 30 per cent

19/10/2017 … Organisers of the Aberdeen Comedy Festival  are celebrating after seeing audiences increase more than 30 per cent.

Eddie Izzard plays the cad

...as he's cast in a new Australian movie

19/10/2017 … Eddie Izzard is to star in a new Australian film about a woman left devastated after the end of a whirlwind romance with a British film star.

Just For Laughs founder quits as allegations swirl

Gilbert Rozon says sorry 'to all those who have been offended in my life'

19/10/2017 … Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, has stood down from the organisation he led to be a global comedy brand in the wake of abuse…

How to get your ideas on TV

Taskmaster's Alex Horne heads masterclass

19/10/2017 … Alex Horne and the other creators of Taskmaster are hosting a masterclass in how to get ideas onto TV.

BBC stays Mum

Comedy gets a third series before second has even aired

19/10/2017 … BBC Two has ordered a third series of its sitcom Mum, before the second has even aired.

And another children's book from David Walliams

Boogie Bear out next month

19/10/2017 … David Walliams has announced his fifth picture book with illustrator Tony Ross.

Two Doors Down gets a Christmas special

...as Kieran Hodgson joins the cast

19/10/2017 … BBC Two has ordered a Christmas special for Two Doors Down.

They must have made a good impression

ITV orders impersonation panel show after succesful pilot

18/10/2017 … ITV has commissioned a new comedy panel show based on impressions Rory Bremner and Debra Stephenson are the team captains on The Imitation Game – which…

Ricky Gervais becomes highest paid British radio presenter

New deal with SiriusXM in the US

18/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais has signed a new deal which makes him the highest paid UK presenter on radio anywhere in the world.

David Cross: I'm no racist

Comedian responds to Charlyne Yi's accusations

18/10/2017 …  Arrested Development star David Cross has denied charges of racism, after actress Charlyne Yi accused him of mocking her ethnicity.

‘I thought I was a goner’

Heart attack scare for Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll

18/10/2017 … Brendan O’Carroll has told of how he was rushed to hospital after a day filming Mrs Brown's Boys, thinking he was having a heart attack.

First look at David Walliams in Ratburger

Sky1 adapts his children's novel

18/10/2017 … Here’s the first look at David Walliams as evil burger van owner Burt in the new TV adaptation of his children’s novel Ratburger.

Malcolm Hardee documentary wins £5k film prize

Boost for Jody VandenBurg's Tunnel Club proje

18/10/2017 … A documentary about Malcolm Hardee has received a £5,000 boost after winning a film award.

Jongleurs clubs all close

Venue chain set to go into administration

17/10/2017 … Every Jongleurs comedy club night has been cancelled as the company that runs it has suspended operations.

Parkinson's benefit goes great shakes

Tim Vine gig raises £9,500

17/10/2017 … A comedy benefit show raised more than £9,500 for Parkinson’s UK last night.

John Oliver backs new TV series from Wyatt Cenac

Comic documentaries for HBO

17/10/2017 … American comedian Wyatt Cenac is to star in a topical comic documentary series executive produced by John Oliver.

Lizzie Roper joins Grumpy Old Women

New tour announced

17/10/2017 … Comedian Lizzie Roper has joined the Grumpy Old Women team as they announce a new tour.

Comedy agent turns novelist

Hannah Begbie inspired by raising a son with cystic fibros

17/10/2017 … Former comedy agent Hannah Begbie has become a novelist, and has sold her first book to HarperFiction.

Trailer Park Boys star John Dunsworth dies

Mr Lahey actor was 71

17/10/2017 … Trailer Park Boys star John Dunsworth has died at the age of 71 following a 'brief and unexpected illness’.

The Upstart Crow flies again

BBC orders a third series

16/10/2017 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Ben Elton’s Shakespeare comedy Upstart Crow.

How Sean Hughes envisaged his own funeral

In a poem entitled Death

16/10/2017 … Sean Hughes – whose death at the age of 51 has been confirmed today – once wrote a poem about how he would like to be laid to rest.

Sean Hughes dies at 51

Former Buzzcocks star had been ill for a while

16/10/2017 … Comedian Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51 Fellow comedian Carl Donnelly broke the news on Facebook, posting: ‘He’s been ill for a while but has…

A key moment for Micky Flanagan...

Comic recognised for 21 dates at The O2

16/10/2017 … Micky Flanagan has been presented with the keys to The O2, after reaching the milestone of 21 performances at the London arena.

Tim Minchin joins the daily commute

...for a new Australian comedy series

16/10/2017 … Tim Minchin is to star in a new Australia comedy series about rush-hour commuters.

Extra UK dates for Jim Jefferies

Two more shows for 2018

16/10/2017 … Jim Jefferies has announced two extra dates to his brief 2018 UK tour.

James Corden blasted over Harvey Weinstein jokes

Comic apologises following backlash

16/10/2017 … James Corden has been forced to apologise after facing a huge backlash over jokes he made about Harvey Weinstein.

Stand-up, up at The Stand

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

15/10/2017 … The week's comedy on radio and TV: Monday October  16 HOW TO BE CHAMPION: Sarah Millican reads from her memoir – the current Sunday Times…

50 hours of non-stop improv

The live comedy week ahead

15/10/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.

Sarah Millican tops bestseller chart

...which is dominated by comedians

15/10/2017 … Sarah Millican has topped the Sunday Times bestseller list with her first book How To Be Champion on its first week of release.

Susan Calman brought sunshine to Strictly

Comic wowed judges with Morecambe and Wise theme tune

14/10/2017 … Susan Calman wowed the Strictly Come Dancing judges tonight by channelling her comedy heroes, Morecambe and Wise.

The one, obnoxious, Ronny

The best comedy on demand

14/10/2017 … This week’s best comedy shows on demand.

BBC ordered to improve its comedy shows

Risk-taking is embedded in new Ofcom rules

13/10/2017 … Regulators have told the BBC to improve its TV comedy output after the genre was found to be ‘an area of particular weakness’.

The comedy club in a Palestinian refugee camp

Mark Thomas tells its story in new stage show

13/10/2017 … Mark Thomas has announced a new theatre show – about his efforts to start a comedy club in a Palestinian refugee camp.

The scary six

BBC releases comedy-horror shorts from Northern Ireland

13/10/2017 … The BBC has today released six comedy-horror shorts on iPlayer, in time for Halloween.

Miles Jupp goes on Dracula's trail

A quest for Radio 4

12/10/2017 … Miles Jupp is to follow in the footsteps of one of Bram Stoker’s vampire-hunters for a one-off Radio 4 travelogue.

Stephen Bailey announces 2018 tour

Fresh from supporting Katherine Ryan

12/10/2017 … Stephen Bailey has announced a new solo tour, on the back of his dates supporting Katherine Ryan.

C4 plans new satirical show

With the journalist who exposed Harvey Weinstein

12/10/2017 … The journalist who exposed Harvey Weinstein is set to front a late-night satirical show for Channel 4.

Horrible Histories heads to the big screen

Film version set in Roman Britain

12/10/2017 … Horrible Histories is being turned into a movie.

Lenny Henry writes his memoirs

Based on his early life

12/10/2017 … Lenny Henry is writing his memoirs, entitled Who Am I Again? Publisher Faber has bought  the rights to the book, which is described as a ‘heartfelt…

The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy is back!

Thanks to those hoopy froods at Radio 4

12/10/2017 … Radio 4 has confirmed the return of  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to mark its 40th anniversary.

New sci-fi comedy from Red Dwarf's co-creator

Rob Grant pens The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

12/10/2017 … Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant is writing a new sci-fi comedy.

Ed Weeks sells his Bastards

America's Fox network orders comedy pilot

11/10/2017 … British comic Ed Weeks has sold a comedy called Bastards to America’s Fox network.

Cast announced for Simon Amstell's Benjamin

...as filming wraps

11/10/2017 … Casting has been announced for Simon Amstell’s second film, Benjamin, as filming wraps.

Rob Brydon to narrate The Highway Rat

BBC One animation for Christmas

11/10/2017 … Rob Brydon is to narrate an animated version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat.

Knock2Bag club goes weekly

Never mind the name, look at the line-ups...

11/10/2017 … London’s worst-named comedy club is to go weekly.

Sara Pascoe hits the West End

...as her ex John Robins announces more tour dates

11/10/2017 … Sara Pascoe is to play London’s West End.

Partridge vs Tucker: The Brexit showdown

Armando Iannucci reveals EU debate

10/10/2017 … Alan Partridge and Malcolm Tucker are to debate Brexit.

Have you got a cracker for the crackers?

UKTV Gold launches its annual festive joke contest

10/10/2017 … The Gold TV channel today launches its competition to discover the best new Christmas cracker gags.

Johnny Vegas and Gina Yashere join CITV animation

The Rubbish Wolrd Of Dave Spud

09/10/2017 … Johnny Vegas and Gina Yashere are to provide the voices for a new CITV animation series.

Matt Berry films Victorian crime spoof

New pilot for Channel 4

09/10/2017 … Matt Berry is shooting a Victorian crime comedy for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.

Scary women

Sky's new batch of female-directed horror shorts

09/10/2017 … Comics Andi Osho, Jessica Knappett and Evelyn Mok are among the stars of a new batch of comedy shorts being released by Sky Arts for Halloween.

New radio show from Peep Show's Sam Bain

Based on his novel Yours Truly, Pierre Stone

08/10/2017 … Peep Show writer Sam Bain has adapted his novel about an obsessed fan of Strictly Come Dancing star Tess Daly into a Radio 4  show.

Time for comedy

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

08/10/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Get your skates on!

The week's live comedy

08/10/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Susan Calman turns the tables in Strictly

Comic takes the lead in Wonder Woman samba

07/10/2017 … As she promised, Susan Calman upended convention by taking the lead in her Strictly Come Dancing performance tonight.

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley film a travelogue

...with plenty of Bolly

07/10/2017 … Ab Fab stars Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders are to be reunited - and there will be plenty of Bolly involved.

Ricky Gervais returns to his radio roots

The week's comedy on demand

07/10/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Ralphie May dead at 45

US comic suffers cardiac arrest

07/10/2017 … America comedian Ralphie May has died at the age of 45.

SImon Cowell plans a sitcom about... well, Simon Cowell

A&R revolves around middle-aged music mogul

06/10/2017 … Where does he get his ideas from? Simon Cowell is planning to make a sitcom about a middle-aged music mogul.

New entertainment chief for BBC Studios

Suzy Lamb joins from Thames TV

06/10/2017 … BBC Studios has appointed a new head of entertainment and music.

Revealed: The cast of Eric, Ernie & Me

Biopic of Morecambe and Wise writer Eddie Baben

06/10/2017 … BBC Four has announced the cast for its one-off film about Morecambe and Wise’s  writer Eddie Braben.

Bath's Komedia goes community-owned

Venue wants locals to invest in its future

05/10/2017 … The Komedia comedy club in Bath is planning to go into community ownership, Chortle can reveal.

Fishing for funnies

BBC angling show for Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer

05/10/2017 … Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer are to front a new BBC Two series in which they go fishing together.

Romesh Ranganathan holidays in hell

Comic to front tough new travelogue for BBC Two

05/10/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan is to front a new travelogue series for BBC Two.

Shappi: I was groped at charity gig

Comedian calls out creep after hosting show

05/10/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi has complained that she was groped by a charity worker as she hosted an awards gig last night.

Can Romesh Ranganathan crack America?

TV series will track his progress

05/10/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan has left the UK to crack America – with his efforts being recorded for a TV show, Chortle can reveal.

Tony Slattery returns to London improv

Residency for Whose Line? star

05/10/2017 … Tony Slattery is continuing his live comedy comeback with a series of improv gigs in London.

Jeff Garlin announces London dates

Curb star plays Soho Theatre this December

05/10/2017 … Curb Your Enthusiasm star Jeff Garlin is coming to London for a two-week stint this Christmas.

Pride and Breadjudice

Watch Peter Kay spoof costume dramas in new Warburtons ads

05/10/2017 … Peter Kay channels the spirit of Mr Darcy in a new costume drama spoof… all to advertise Warburton's bread.

Bob's Burgers just got supersized into a movie

Big screen version coming in 2020

04/10/2017 … Bob’s Burgers is to be made into a movie.

Ill Behaviour sold to the States

Showtime to air Sam Bain's dark comedy

04/10/2017 … The BBC comedy Ill Behaviour has been sold to the States.

Lee Evans returns to the stage

Performing Shakespeare at a refugee fundraiser

04/10/2017 … Lee Evans and Jack Whitehall are to perform scenes from Shakespeare’s plays in a one-off fundraiser.

Simon Brodkin gives Theresa May her P45

Comic interrupts Tory conference

04/10/2017 … Simon Brodkin has pranked Theresa May – handing the Prime Minister a P45 on stage at the Tory Party conference.

More Radio 4 shows for Susan Calman

Keep Calman Carry On renewed

04/10/2017 … Radio 4 has renewed Susan Calman’s comedy show Keep Calman Carry On.

Ricky Gervais pens a comedy about a suicidal man

Six-part series for Netflix

04/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais is making a comedy-drama for Netflix about a suicidal middle-aged man.

Ruby Wax tells you How To Be Human

New book from comedian and mental health campaigner

04/10/2017 … Ruby Wax is writing another psychology book, entitled How to Be Human: The Manual.

Matt Lucas: Little Britain was cruel

'I wouldn't play a black character or joke about transvestites again'

04/10/2017 … Matt Lucas has admitted Little Britain was ‘cruel’ – and says he wouldn’t make that kind of comedy again.

Radio 4 goes back to Hull And Back

New series for Lucy Beaumont sitcom

04/10/2017 … Radio 4 has ordered a third series of Lucy Beaumont’s sitcom To Hull And Back.

Phil Nichol joins West End musical

Playing a drag queen in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

04/10/2017 … Stand-up Phil Nichol has joined the cast of West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – playing a middle-aged drag queen called Hugo.

Keith Lemon conquers America

...or at least tries, for a new ITV2 series

04/10/2017 … Keith Lemon is to try to crack America in a new mockumentary for ITV2.

Ready for a roasting?

Revealed: Comedy Central Roast Battle line-ups

03/10/2017 … Chortle can tonight reveal the line-ups for the new Roast Battles coming to  Comedy Central UK.

Steve Coogan wins phone hacking damges

And calls for more investigation into Mirror executives

03/10/2017 … Steve Coogan has won undisclosed damages thought to run into the hundreds of thousands of pounds for being the victim of phone hacking.

Idris Elba and Bill Bailey unite in new comedy

Based on Luther star's 1980s childhood

03/10/2017 … Bill Bailey and Idris Elba are to star in a new Sky1 comedy set in the 1980s.

Glasgow gets a new comedy club

Weekend gigs in the historic Rotunda

03/10/2017 … Glasgow has a new comedy club that’s claiming to be Scotland’s largest.

Richard Ayoade to appear in Paddington 2

Star-studded supporting cast announced today

03/10/2017 … Richard Ayoade, Jessica Hynes and Joanna Lumley are among the supporting cast of Paddington 2, it has been announced today.

Comedy Central buys the new Takeshi’s Castle

With Jonathan Ross providing commentary

03/10/2017 … Comedy Central has brought the rights to the revival of gameshow Takeshi’s Castle – and signed up Jonathan Ross  to provide comic commentary.

'When did this become ritual?'

America's late-night comics forced to confront another senseless tragedy

03/10/2017 … America's late-night TV hosts have united in making pleas for tighter gun controls in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 59 dead.

When is Jack Whitehall At Large coming to Netflix?

Streaming giant reveals release date

02/10/2017 … Netflix is to release Jack Whitehall’s special on October 24.

James O’Brien makes Have I Got News For You debut

With Roisin Conaty and Alexander Armstrong

02/10/2017 … LBC presenter James O’Brien will be making his Have I Got News For You debut when the topical panel show returns this Friday.

Jon Hamm joins Good Omens

More casting news for Gaiman/Pratchett comedy

02/10/2017 … Mad Men star  Jon Hamm is joining Good Omens.

Glenn Moore joins Absolute Radio

Stand-up lands breakfast show gig

02/10/2017 … Comic Glenn Moore has joined the Absolute Radio breakfast show.

Micky Flanagan announces new DVD

An’ Another Fing… out this Christmas

02/10/2017 … Micky Flanagan has announced that his current tour, An’ Another Fing…, is to be released on DVD.

'Now it’s our turn to support him'

Benefit for US comic Barry Crimmins and his wife

02/10/2017 … He’s a campaigning American comedian who has spent his life fighting for others.

All-star cast for Stephen Mangan's new sitcom

Channel 4 reveals who'll be appearing in Hangs Ups

02/10/2017 … Richard E.

Pretty, pretty good news

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

01/10/2017 … The week's best comedy on TV and radio.

One week, four comedy festivals

This week's best live comedy

01/10/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Susan Calman divides the Strictly judges

Craig Revel Horwood vs the rest

30/09/2017 … Susan Calman has improved on her performance in the second week of live Strictly Come Dancing Shows.

My friend the robot

The week's comedy on demand

30/09/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Comedy Central pilots new improv show

With the stars of Impractical Jokers and hosted by Jayde Adams

29/09/2017 …  Jayde Adams is to pilot an improvised hidden-camera TV show featuring the stars of Impractical Jokers.

Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus: I have cancer

Messages of support flood in

29/09/2017 … Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has announced she has breast cancer, In a message posted on social media, she wrote: ‘1 in 8 women get breast cancer.

Marcus Brigstocke to play PT Barnum

New London production of the musical

29/09/2017 … Marcus Brigstocke is to play the world’s greatest showman, PT Barnum, on the London stage.

David S. Pumpkins gets his own show

Tom Hanks' odd character returns for Halloween

28/09/2017 … Tom Hanks’s bizarre character David S.

Goose pilot an ITV2 gameshow

Taskmaster-style challenges from high-energy sketch act

28/09/2017 … Hyperactive sketch act Goose are piloting an ITV2 gameshow.

Only 65 years late... Lost Tony Hancock script finally gets heard

Vacant Lot predates Hancock's Half Hour

28/09/2017 … Two long-lost radio scripts written for Tony Hancock are to get an airing after 65 years.

Revealed: David Walliams' next children's book

Bad Dad out in November

28/09/2017 … David Walliams has revealed the title of his next children’s book: Bad Dad.

Louis CK's Horace And Pete comes to the stage

Adaptation for Galway comedy festival

28/09/2017 … Louis CK’s cult black comedy Horace and Pete is being adapted for the stage.

Alan Partridge takes on Belgian prostitutes for an Emmy

...and Taskmaster is nominated too

27/09/2017 … Alan Partridge will have to beat off some Flemish male prostitutes to land an International Emmy.

Bill Bailey to star in Midsomer Murders

'I did it for pure enjoyment'

27/09/2017 … Bill Bailey is to make a guest appearance in the next series of ITV drama Midsomer Murders.

Hack comedian...

Stephen Grant looks at life hacks in new TV series

27/09/2017 … Comedian Stephen Grant has landed his ‘dream job’ fronting a new pop-science TV show.

New book deal for Adam Kay

Follow-up to This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

27/09/2017 … Adam Kay has signed a ‘major’ book deal to write a follow-up to his medical memoirs This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor.

Matthew Holness to star in Scandi-noir spoof

Angstrom heading to Radio 4

27/09/2017 … Garth Marenghi star Matthew Holness is to record a spoof Scandi-noir detective series for Radio 4.

Irish broadcaster seeks the next comedy hits

RTÉ has its sights on the export market

27/09/2017 … Irish broadcaster RTÉ has launched a new scheme to fund comedy shows that it might be able to sell abroad.

New programming boss for Comedy Central UK

...as broadcaster seeks to make more shows

26/09/2017 … Comedy Central has appointed a new head of its UK programming team.

Till Death Us Do Part actor Tony Booth dies

Star was Cherie Blair's father

26/09/2017 … Tony Booth, who starred in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, has died, his family says.

Jim Jefferies announces UK dates

Short tour for early 2018

26/09/2017 … Jim Jefferies has announced a short UK tour for the new year.

Joel Dommett 'returns to I'm A Celebrity'

To co-host Extra Camp with Scarlett Moffatt

26/09/2017 … Joel Dommett is to return to the I'm A Celebrity jungle, where he will be reunited with Scarlett Moffatt.

Edinburgh comedy awards announce West End showcases

...but with few of this year's class

26/09/2017 … The lastminute.

Extra Slapstick

Bristol festival expands thanks to fundraising comics

26/09/2017 … Bristol’s Slapstick festival of vintage comedy has been extended for an extra day thanks to the fundraising efforts of star comedians.

E4 buys Big Bang Theory prequel

Young Sheldon to air next year

25/09/2017 … Channel 4 has bought the rights to air The Big Bang Theory prequel  Young Sheldon for E4.

Armando Iannucci's new comedy – set in space

HBO greenlights Avenue 5

25/09/2017 … Armando Iannucci is to make a new comedy series – set in space.

Marcus Brigstocke stars in new sitcom about ethical living

'It's The Good Life for the new millennium'

25/09/2017 … Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman are to star in a new BBC sitcom described as ‘The Good Life for the new millennium’.

Benidorm star Bobby Knutt dies at 71

Actor started as a stand-up in the 1960s

25/09/2017 …  Comedian Bobby Knutt, who starred as Eddie Dawson  in Benidorm, has died unexpectedly at the age of 71.

Roisin Conaty's GameFace gets a US distributor

...and a UK release date

25/09/2017 … Roisin Conaty’s comedy series GameFace has been given a UK broadcast date – and been sold to the States.

A new home for 'offbeat' animations

...including the project Trap Door's creator left behind

25/09/2017 … The studio behind Wallace And Gromit has launched a new YouTube channel to collate 'original, off-beat animated comedy'.

Hari back

US comic Kondabolu announces London dates

25/09/2017 … American comic Hari Kondabolu is returning to the UK for the first time in two years.

No Such Thing As A Fish team extend tour

New dates for QI researchers

25/09/2017 … The QI researchers behind the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast have added nine new dates to their forthcoming tour.

Finally! Cradle To Grave is returning

Danny Baker reveals it's back in December

24/09/2017 … Cradle To Grave is returning for a second series in December, writer Danny Baker has announced.

Nick Helm hits the road

...and the rest of this week's live comedy picks

24/09/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Who's on Chris Ramsey's Stand-up Central?

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

24/09/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Jim Norton announces UK and Ireland dates

Part of his Kneeling Room Only tour

24/09/2017 … American comic Jim Norton has announced three dates in the UK and Ireland.

The Queen's is dead

Belfast comedy institution closes after 25 years

24/09/2017 … One of Belfast's longest running comedy clubs is to close its doors after 25 years.

'It was weird but it was wonderful'

Judges praise Susan Calman's Strictly debut

24/09/2017 … Susan Calman offered a subtle rejoinder to those who criticised her for not dancing with a female partner on Strictly last night.

In Search Of Something...

Ed Aczel, Joz Norris and the rest of the week's comedy on demand

23/09/2017 … This week's best comedy on demand.

Phill Jupitus: I may quit stand-up

Comic says his current tour may be his last

23/09/2017 …  Phill Jupitus has indicated that he may quit stand-up, after almost 35 years in the business.

Meghan Markle's ex in comedy cash-in

Former husband plans a sitcom with Royal links

22/09/2017 … Meghan Markle’s ex-husband is working on a new comedy – about a divorced man whose wife goes on to marry a British Prince.

Four on tour

A brief flurry of announcements...

22/09/2017 … Several comedians have announced tour news: •Reginald D Hunter has extended his Some People Vs Reginald D Hunter tour until the spring.

David Walliams adapts Grandpa’s Great Escape for TV

Jennifer Saunders and Tom Courtenay lead the cast

22/09/2017 … David Walliams is adapting his children’s bestseller, Grandpa’s Great Escape,  for BBC One this Christmas.

To the glory of pod...

Ian Boldsworth up for two awards

22/09/2017 … Ian Boldsworth has been nominated for two podcast awards.

More cast announced for Good Omens

Meet the Youngs...

22/09/2017 … More casting has been announced for Good Omens, the adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s fantasy comedy.

Bojack's back

Netflix renews animation for a fifth season

22/09/2017 … Netflix has ordered a fifth series of animated hit BoJack Horseman.

William G Stewart dies at 82

Former comedy producer turned game-show host

21/09/2017 … William G Stewart, the TV comedy producer and director who found fame in front of the camera on Channel 4 quiz show 15 to 1, has died at the age of 82.

Tom Neenan writes modern ghost stories

Two-part series for Radio 4 next month

21/09/2017 … Comic Tom Neenan has written two ghost stories for Radio 4, based around modern technology.

'Political correctness is killing comedy'

Says Mel Brooks

21/09/2017 … Mel Brooks has joined the chorus of voices warning that ‘political correctness’ is ruining comedy.

'I was very, very keen to go home'

Mark Watson on leaving Celebrity Island

21/09/2017 … Viewers saw a clearly unwell Mark Watson leave Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls last night.

Michael McIntrye's Big World tour just got bigger

Eight new dates

21/09/2017 … Michael McIntrye has added eight extra UK dates to his 2018 Big World tour.

Sky picks up Romesh Ranganathan sitcom

...about The Reluctant Landlord of a pub

21/09/2017 … Sky1 has picked up Romesh Ranganathan’s semi-autobiographical sitcom The Reluctant Landlord.

Karl Pilkington to star in his own sitcom

...as himself and as his unfiltered alter-ego

21/09/2017 … Karl Pilkington is to star in his own Sky1 sitcom – about what his life had been like had he not met Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Sky sets air date for The History Of Comedy

Eight-part series kicks off with female comics

20/09/2017 … Sky Arts has announced a launch date for American TV series The History Of Comedy.

More details of Inside No 9 series 4 revealed

Outline synopsis of a couple of episodes

20/09/2017 … Details of two new episodes in the fourth series of Inside No 9 have been revealed.

Gervais adds three new Humanity dates

Leeds, Berlin and San Francisco

20/09/2017 … Ricky Gervais has added three new dates to his Humanity word tour.

Jamie Lee Curtis to star in funeral parlour comedy

Now in development for CBS

20/09/2017 … Jamie Lee Curtis is set to star in a new comedy set at a family-run funeral home.

Russia could ban Iannucci's Death Of Stalin

Satire 'discredits' murderous tyrant

20/09/2017 … Armando Iannucci’s new comedy movie The Death Of Stalin could be banned in Russia for ‘discrediting’ the former Soviet leader.

Henry IX reigns at the Rose d'Or

International award for royal sitcom

20/09/2017 … Henry IX, the Gold sitcom about a fictional King, has won the prestigious award for best sitcom at the Rose d’Or international TV festival.

Dave Allen's life to become BBC film

With Games of Thrones star Aidan Gillen

19/09/2017 … The BBC is shooting a Dave Allen biopic starring Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillen, Chortle can reveal.

French and Saunders plan a new TV special

First new sketches in a decade

19/09/2017 … French and Saunders are to record  their first TV material as a double act in ten years.

30 Christmases are coming

London transfer for Jonny Donohoe show

18/09/2017 … Thirty Christmases, the festive comedy show written by Jonny & The Baptists frontman Jonny Donahoe, is to receive its London premiere.

First look at Good Omens

With Michael Sheen and David Tennant

18/09/2017 … Here is the first picture of Michael Sheen and David Tennant in the comedy fantasy series Good Omens.

Jennifer Saunders stage return comes to cinemas

West End show to be beamed to big screens

18/09/2017 … Jennifer Saunders’ return to the West End stage for the first time in more than 20  years is to be beamed into cinemas.

A fine faux-mance

Doc Brown narrates new fake celebrity relationship show

18/09/2017 … Doc Brown is to narrate a new reality show in which celebrities try to spread rumours that they are dating.

More Emmys for John Oliver

As Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes awards history

18/09/2017 … Last Week Tonight with John Oliver scooped two Emmys in Los Angeles last night.

New tours for John Bishop, Katherine Ryan, Simon Amstell and Milton Jones

This week's best live comedy

17/09/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Russell returns

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

17/09/2017 … The best of another busy week for comedy on TV and radio.

Politics is still a joke...

The best comedy on demand

16/09/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Jack Whitehall joins fantasy comedy Good Omens

...as does W1A's Nina Sosanya

15/09/2017 … Jack Whitehall has joined the cast of  Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s fantasy comedy adventure Good Omens.

Outnumbered is coming back

Says star Hugh Dennis

15/09/2017 … Outnumbered is returning to TV, star Hugh Dennis has revealed.

Trevor Noah signs up for five more years of The Daily Show

And new end-of-year specials

15/09/2017 … Trevor Noah has renewed his contract to host the Daily Show for five more years, until 2022.

Jim Carrey returns to TV comedy

'Volcanic' new show about a man in crisis

15/09/2017 … Jim Carrey is returning to TV comedy for the first time in almost 25 years.

Good news everyone! Futurama is back

Cast and writers reunite for podcast

14/09/2017 … Good news everyone! A new episode of Futurama has been released.

Another BBC One Saturday night show for Rob Beckett

Comic continues his primetime takeover

14/09/2017 … Rob Beckett has been signed up to front yet another  Saturday night BBC One show.

When is Curb Your Enthusiasm coming to Sky?

Season nine starts next month

13/09/2017 … Sky Atlantic is to air the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm less than 24 hours after its US debut.

Matt Lucas and Ruth Jones reunite in Stella

Little Britain comic guest stars

13/09/2017 … Ruth Jones is to reunite with Matt Lucas in the new series of Stella.

Taskmaster to return for a 'champion of champions' special

With winners of all 5 series

13/09/2017 … Taskmaster is to return for a two part 'champion of champions' special this December.

BBC orders Tracey Ullman satire shows

She'll even take on Jeremy Corbyn

13/09/2017 …  BBC One has commissioned three new episodes of Tracey Ullman's satirical show Tracey Breaks The News.

Matt Richardson goes back to the old haunt...

Hosting Celebrity Haunted Mansion

13/09/2017 … Matt Richardson is to host another series of Celebrity Haunted.

The Unseen Victoria Wood archives

Material revealed in new Dinnerladies documentary

13/09/2017 … Victoria Wood’s previously unseen notebooks, backstage photos, diaries and studio records are to be revealed in a new TV series paying tribute to her sitcom…

Three more years!

HBO renews Last Week Tonight With John Oliver til 2020

12/09/2017 … HBO has renewed Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for three more seasons.

Joe Lycett adds extra tour dates

19 more shows go on sale Friday

12/09/2017 … Joe Lycett has added another 19 dates to his new tour I’m About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett.

Eddie Izzard writes his first movie

Wartime drama Six Minutes To Midnight

12/09/2017 … Eddie Izzard has written his first film.

Mike Myers pulls out of improv mentor biopic

Del Close movie now on hold

12/09/2017 … Mike Myers has pulled out of a biopic about his mentor, the improv comedy legend Del Close.

Mr Kitson goes to Washington

First US dates outside of New York

12/09/2017 … Daniel Kitson is to perform his first ever shows in Washington DC.

Austentatious hits the West End

Three nights for improvised show

12/09/2017 … Improvised Jane Austen play Austentatious is to be performed in the West End for three nights.

Susan Calman to host whodunit series

After Strictly, a new daytime show for BBC One

12/09/2017 … Susan Calman is to present the new BBC One daytime show Armchair Detectives.

W1A won't be 'going forward', going forward

Writer says third series will be the last

12/09/2017 … The next series of BBC management spoof W1A is likely to be the last, creator John Morton has revealed.

British oldies try to crack Las Vegas

ITV confirms Last Laugh in Vegas

11/09/2017 … ITV has confirmed Last Laugh In Vegas, in which British showbiz veterans will try to crack the variety capital of the world.

Paul Whitehouse's new comedy

Reuniting with his Nurse co-star Esther Coles

11/09/2017 … Paul Whitehouse and Esther Coles are reuniting for a new comedy.

BBC confirms Sally Phillips as Museum Of Curiosity curator

Alongside John Lloyd

11/09/2017 … Radio 4 has confirmed that Sally Phillips will be the next curator of Radio 4’s Museum Of Curiosity.

Vikki Stone returns to panto

Playing Jack And The Beanstalk baddie Fleshcreep

11/09/2017 … Vikki Stone is to return to play another pantomime baddie this year.

Improvisers launch a 'mullet' night

Because it's short form at the front, long at the back

11/09/2017 … The team behind improv show ComedySportz are to launch a new night called Improv Mullet – because it is short-form in the front, long-form in the back.

Book deal for Joel Dommett

His first title out next year

11/09/2017 … Joel Dommett has signed a deal for his first book.

Mae Martin to shoot a C4 pilot

... and she has a book deal

11/09/2017 … Mae Martin is shooting a semi-autobiographical pilot for Channel 4.

Frankie Boyle releases a stand-up album – for free

Prometheus Vol 1 recorded just last month

11/09/2017 … Frankie Boyle has released his new hour-long stand-up special for free online.

Revealed: The 'lost' Only Fools episode

Footage made for oil industry finally gets a TV airing

11/09/2017 … Viewers are to get a glimpse of a 'lost' episode of Only Fools and Horses for the very first time.

Filming starts on Plebs series 4

ITV2 comedy to return in the spring

11/09/2017 … Filming has begun on the fourth series of ITV2 comedy Plebs.

Comedy stars sign up for ITV musical show

...getting lessons from Michael Crawford

11/09/2017 … Sally Phillips, Rebecca Front and Sir Tony Robinson are to take part in a new celebrity musical show on ITV.

Emmy for Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer

SNL scoops five awards

11/09/2017 … Melissa McCarthy has won an Emmy award for mocking former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

Kearns returns...

The best of the week's live comedy

10/09/2017 … The best of this week's live comedy.

Upstart Crow flies again

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

10/09/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Corden’s Carpool Karaoke scoops an Emmy

Ahead of Louis CK, Sarah Silverman and others

10/09/2017 … James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke has beaten Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, Samantha Bee and and Stephen Colbert to an Emmy.

I'm Dying Up Here gets a new lease of life

Showtime renews drama about 1970s comedy scene

09/09/2017 … I'm Dying Up Here, which tells the story of the 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene, has been renewed for a second series.

Susan Calman is Strictly's outsider

Bookies offer 80-1 odds on her winning

09/09/2017 … Susan Calman goes into Strictly Come Dancing tonight as the 80-1 outsider to win.

Get ahead of the Taskmaster

The week's comedy on demand

09/09/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Have you seen these Vic pix?

Reeves' new artwork goes on display

08/09/2017 … Matt Lucas, Jane Horrocks and Charlie Higson were among the stars at the launch of a new exhibition of artwork by Vic Reeves last night.

Russell Kane gets Psyched

Comic's personality examined in new C4 show

08/09/2017 … Russell Kane is to undergo a psychological evaluation for a new TV show.

Comedy Central brings the 'roast' to the UK

With Jimmy Carr, Russell Brand and Katherine Ryan

07/09/2017 … Comedy Central is bringing the brutal ‘roast battle’ format to the UK,  with Jimmy Carr, Russell Brand and Katherine Ryan among those taking part.

Revealed: Alice Lowe's follow-up to Prevenge

A ‘metaphysical rom-com’ called Timestalker

07/09/2017 … Alice Lowe has started work on her new film, a ‘metaphysical rom-com’ called Timestalker.

Jack Whitehall to play Marc Bolan

...for a new Sky Arts film

07/09/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to play glam rocker Marc Bolan in a new film.

Netflix buys Michaela Coel movie musical

Been So Long is set in modern London

07/09/2017 … Netflix has bought the worldwide rights to Michaela Coel’s new musical film Been So Long.

James Corden is shown the d'Or

New ‘entertainer of the year’ award for talk show host

07/09/2017 … James Corden is to be named ‘entertainer of the year’ by the Rose d’Or Awards.

Hannah Gadsby tops another list of best-reviewed Fringe shows

Average star rating of 4.58

07/09/2017 … Hannah Gadsby has topped a second list of the best-reviewed comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Game on for these six comics

Comedy Central releases simulator-inspired series

07/09/2017 … Comedy Central UK has launched a new short-form online series inspired by the world of simulator gaming.

ITV sets air date for Jack Dee's new sitcom

Bad Move launches on September 20

07/09/2017 … ITV has confirmed a launch date for Jack Dee’s new family sitcom, Bad Move: Wednesday September 20 at 8pm Dee stars in the show alongside Kerry Godliman…

Jennifer Saunders returns to the West End

In Oscar Wilde’s comedy Lady Windermere's Fan

07/09/2017 … Jennifer Saunders is to star in a new West End production of Oscar Wilde’s comedy Lady Windermere's Fan.

Veep's term comes to an end

Political comedy's next season will be its last

07/09/2017 … Veep is to come to an end next year.

Comedian's NHS diaries optioned for TV

12-way auction for Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt:

07/09/2017 … Adam Kay’s memoirs of his time in the NHS have been optioned for TV.

Wanted: Funny Jewish comics

Talent hunt opens for entry

06/09/2017 … Entries have opened for this year’s Jewish Comedian of the Year Award 2017.

Mrs Brown creator pilots new game show

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know for BBC One

06/09/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll is piloting a new game show for BBC One.

New award for online comedy

From The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

06/09/2017 … The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has launched a new category for online comedy in its prestigious annual awards.

Julia Davis to appear in Electric Dreams

New C4 anthology based on Philip K Dick stories

06/09/2017 … Julia Davis is to appear in Channel 4’s new sci-fi anthology series Electric Dreams.

ITV comedy entertainment boss stands down

Peter Davey seeks 'new opportunities'

06/09/2017 … ITV’s head of comedy entertainment Peter Davey is to leave the broadcaster.

Who's on the next series of Live At The Apollo?

Some of the line-up is revealed

06/09/2017 … Some of the comedians appearing in the next series of Live At The Apollo have been revealed.

Carl Barron announces UK date

Australia's most successful live comedian

06/09/2017 … Carl Barron, one of Australia’s biggest live comedy stars, is to make a rare visit to the UK.

Michael McIntyre announces big charity gig

With Alan Carr, Adam Hills, Kevin Bridges and Russell Howard

06/09/2017 … Michael McIntyre is to host another of his star-studded charity shows this November!.

Katherine Ryan extends tour

...and she's hosting the Live At The Apollo Christmas special

06/09/2017 … Katherine Ryan has announced 25 more dates to her Glitter Room tour.

Vicky McClure joins ITV2's Action Team

Spoof spy role for Line Of Duty star

06/09/2017 … Vicky McClure has joined the cast of ITV2’s spoof action comedy series Action Team.

Nick Page crowned English Comedian Of The Year

Lauren Pattison runner-up

06/09/2017 … Gloucestershire-based stand-up Nick Page was crowned English Comedian of the Year last night.

Joe Lycett announces new tour

...and, yes, it has a punny title

06/09/2017 … Joe Lycett has announced a 2018 tour – entitled I'm About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett.

Final whistle for Play To The Whistle

ITV drops panel show

05/09/2017 …  ITV panel show Play To The Whistle is to end after three series.

Are Edinburgh Fringe reviewers sexist?

One blogger has crunched the numbers

05/09/2017 … Some Edinburgh Fringe reviewers are demonstrably biased against female comedians, one blogger has claimed.

Alex Horne plays the Percentage Game

Developing a new TV show with Tim Key

05/09/2017 … Alex Horne is developing a new TV series based on his 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show The Percentage Game.

Joe Pasquale to play Frank Spencer

As Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em becomes a stage play

05/09/2017 … Some Mothers Do 'Ave ‘Em is to be turned into a stage play – with Joe Pasquale playing Frank Spencer.

First picture of Susan Calman in Strictly Come Dancing

Series starts on Saturday

05/09/2017 … This is Susan Calman in her first official image from Strictly Come Dancing.

The bostin five

Meet the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent acts

05/09/2017 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has revealed the five comedians who will compete for its annual Breaking Talent Award.

Rudy's Rare Records star Larrington Walker dies at 70

' ‘One of the best has gone' – Lenny Henry

05/09/2017 … Larrington Walker, the star of Lenny Henry’s sitcom Rudy’s Rare Records, has died at the age of 70.

Another award for Car Share

Peter Kay triumphs at TV Choice awards

04/09/2017 … Peter Kay's Car Share has scooped another award.

Claudia O'Doherty and Jemaine Clement join The Festival

Appearing alongside Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas

04/09/2017 … Comedians Claudia O’Doherty and Jemaine Clement – from Flight Of The Conchords – have joined the cast of the forthcoming music festival movie…

When does The Russell Howard Hour start?

Sky1 confirms launch date

04/09/2017 … Sky 1 has confirmed the launch date of The Russell Howard Hour.

BBC orders 204 more Pointless episodess

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman to return

04/09/2017 … The BBC has commissioned another 204 episodes of Pointless and Pointless Celebrities.

FOUR Netflix specials for James Acaster

Streaming giant films his 'Trelogy'... and then one more

04/09/2017 … James Acaster is shooting four stand-up specials for Netflix.

Is this the most influential joke ever written?

'Lost' recording rediscovered

04/09/2017 … A recording of a joke described as one of the most influential ever written has been unearthed after more than 65 years.

A tour planned to the letter

The best of the week's live comedy

03/09/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.

On to a Winner?

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

03/09/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Let's get the band back together!

The week's comedy on demand

02/09/2017 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Hannah Gadsby was the best-reviewed show of the Fringe

Here's the full top ten

02/09/2017 … Hannah Gadsby’s award-winning Nanette was the best-reviewed comedy show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Legendary US comedian Shelley Berman dies at 92

Comic also played Larry David's dad on Curb

02/09/2017 …  Shelley Berman, one of the biggest comedians in America in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 92.

Curb your execution

How Larry David's sitcom saved a Death Row prisoner

01/09/2017 … Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a Death Row prisoner from being executed.

Sarah Millican pilots BBC panel show

With women making up the majority of guests

01/09/2017 … Sarah Millican is piloting a new female-led panel show for Radio 4.

Johnny Vegas joins Red Dwarf

...in a world where criticism is illegal

01/09/2017 … Johnny Vegas is to appear in Red Dwarf, playing a policeman in a society where criticism has been outlawed.

The unrehearsed Mel Giedroyc

Comics take part in plays, with no preparation

31/08/2017 … Comedians including Mel Giedroyc, Andi Osho and Mark Thomas are to perform plays which they have never seen before.

Comedy Cafe Theatre finds a new home

London venue reopens next month

31/08/2017 … London’s Comedy Cafe Theatre has found a new home – almost nine months after being forced out of its former site by rising rents.

New comedy series with Katherine Ryan and Joel Dommett

...to advertise Samsung products

30/08/2017 … Katherine Ryan and Joe Dommett have made a new comedy series – for Samsung.

Mat Ricardo: I've run out of tricks

...so he's asking fans to come up with more

30/08/2017 … 'Gentleman juggler' Mat Ricardo reckons he has run out of feats of dexterity to pull off on stage – so is asking his fans to come up with a trick they think he…

Sky appoints new comedy commissioner

Josh Cole joins from Big Talk

30/08/2017 … Sky has appointed Josh Cole as a new commissioning editor for comedy.

Colin Cloud makes America's Got Talent live heats

...and gets Mel B to stab Simon Cowell

30/08/2017 … Mel B gleefully stabbed Simon Cowell live on TV last night – courtesy of Scottish mindreader Colin Cloud.

Yianni lands Ozzie TV special

Based on his Edinburgh Fringe show

29/08/2017 … Yianni Agisilaou’s Edinburgh Fringe show is to be made into a TV stand-up special for Australia’s ABC network.

Jack Whitehall to host Bafta's big Hollywood night

Comic to front the Britannia Awards

29/08/2017 … Jack Whitehall is to return as host of Bafta’s Los Angeles award ceremony.

Best of the fests...

Comedy events around the UK this autumn

29/08/2017 … Several comedy festival across the UK and Ireland have firmed up their line-ups for this autumn.

Radio X... rated

Russell Brand lands another broadcaster in hot water

29/08/2017 … Russell Brand has landed in trouble for another radio broadcast containing inappropriate sexual content.

Richard Herring releases crowdfunded sketch show

£100k raised forAs It Occurs To Me

29/08/2017 … Richard Herring has released the first episode of his crowdfunded show As It Occurs To Me.

Rob Beckett to host BBC One singing show

Comic to be Mr Saturday Night....

28/08/2017 … Rob Beckett is to host a new singing talent show for BBC One.

Tickets on sale for Aberdeen Comedy Festival

50 shows in 11 days

28/08/2017 … Tickets for the Aberdeen Comedy Festival are now on sale.

Box office boom for Edinburgh's 'Big Four'

The Fringe in numbers

28/08/2017 … The ‘Big Four’ Edinburgh Fringe venues have sold a record 1.

Kathy Griffin to play UK and Ireland

Comic unapologetic over THAT Trump picture...

28/08/2017 … Controversial American comedian Kathy Griffin is to play the UK and Ireland as part of a new global tour.

Pleasance claims a record year for ticket sales

And Lauren Pattison is their best-reviewed comedian

28/08/2017 … The Pleasance has claimed a record year for ticket sales at the Fringe, with box office takings up five per cent on 2016.

Elvis Dead is the comedians' favourite

Mat Ewins and Bob Slayer also take Edinburgh awards

27/08/2017 … Mat Ewins, Rob Kemp and Bob Slayer have won the Comedians’ Choice Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.

A Vine of the times

Tim's pilot and the rest of the week's TV and radio comedy

27/08/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Kitson comes to Manchester

This week's best live comedy

27/08/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Brittas Empire cast to reunite

'Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre' is reopening

27/08/2017 … The cast of the Brittas Empire are to reunite, more than 20 years after the sitcom ended.

Gadsby and Robins share Edinburgh comedy award

Natalie Palamides scoops best newcomer

26/08/2017 … Hannah Gadsby and John Robins have shared this year’s lastminute.

'It's a money-making mafia'

Comics complain of comedy industry's failings

26/08/2017 … The Fringe wouldn’t be the Fringe without comedians complaining about the state of the industry.

A Pleasance surprise

Comedy award for Joseph Morpurgo

25/08/2017 … Joseph Morpurgo’s Hammerhead has been voted the best comedy show at the Pleasance this Fringe – by all the other performers at the venue.

Fleabag to get a second series

...but not until 2019

25/08/2017 … Fleabag is to get a second series, it has been announced.

Revealed: Details of Black Mirror Series 4

As Charlie Brooker says: Real events are outpacing satire

25/08/2017 … Charlie Brooker says writing satire has become difficult because real politics is so insane –  and moves too quickly.

Russell Kane to host Manchester Arena reopening

Fundraiser for victims of bomb attack

25/08/2017 … Russell Kane is to host the Manchester Arena reopening concert.

A British Daily Show would be 'too expensive'

Comedy Central's US chief on the pitches he gets

25/08/2017 … A British version of the Daily Show would probably too expensive to be viable, the head of America’s Comedy Central has said.

Terry Alderton scoops Malcolm Hardee award

Alternative gongs handed out in Edinburgh

25/08/2017 …  Terry Alderton has won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the  Edinburgh Fringe.

Stand up for the sitcom!

Ben Elton wants snobbish critics to be kinder

25/08/2017 … Ben Elton has launched a staunch defence of the studio sitcom – saying Mrs Brown’s Boys was a ‘quality comedy’ and comparing it to a ‘work…

Maisie Adam wins So You Think You're Funny?

Sarah Mann and Morgan Rees runners-up

24/08/2017 … Maisie Adam has been crowned winner of this year's So You Think You're Funny? competition.

BBC Three picks up Man Like Mobeen

Series for Guz Khan's sitcom

24/08/2017 … Guz Khan’s sitcom Man Like Mobeen has been picked up for a full series by BBC Three.

BBC hails the man behind Morecambe and Wise

New drama about writer Eddie Braben

24/08/2017 … The BBC is making a one-off drama about Morecambe and Wise’s writer, Eddie Braben.

Russell Brand: TV needs to be more authentic

(PS: Give me a job)

24/08/2017 … Russell Brand has called for more authenticity in TV.

Schumer highlights comedy's gender pay gap

Amy demanded more after learning what male colleagues earnt

24/08/2017 … Amy Schumer demanded more money from Netflix after finding out she was paid less than male comedians The comic was first offered $11million (£8.

Alan Partridge to straddle the BBC

New shows for BBC One and BBC Two

24/08/2017 … Alan Partridge will be back on both BBC One and BBC Two, the Corporation has confirmed.

Pushing all the right buttons

New BBC One gameshow from Alex Horne

24/08/2017 … Comedian Alex Horne has created a new entertainment format for BBC One.

What a good Knight

Comic Mandy wins a 'spirit of the Fringe' award

24/08/2017 … Comedian Mandy Knight has won a ‘spirit of the Fringe’ award – despite not being officially part of the festival programme.

Chewing Gum scoops Broadcast award

...days after its end was announced

24/08/2017 … E4 comedy Chewing Gum has scooped a major broadcasting award, just days after  it was revealed that creator Michaela Coel had pulled the plug on the show.

Craig Charles: I don't want to do a Red Dwarf movie

'I like shooting in front of an audience'

24/08/2017 … Craig Charles has said he doesn’t want to make a Red Dwarf movie – saying it works better as a sitcom.

Record NINE nominees for Edinburgh comedy award

...and eight newcomer nods

23/08/2017 … A record nine nominees have been announced for this year’s lastminute.

Halifax comedy festival launches

With Pascoe, Herring and Nelson

23/08/2017 … The initial line-up for the Halifax Comedy Festival has now been announced, with Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring and Lee Nelson among the comics taking part.

Stephen Mangan to star in new therapy comedy

Actor co-wrote Hang-Ups for C4

23/08/2017 … Stephen Mangan is to star as a therapist in a new Channel 4 comedy.

BBC confirms League Of Gentlemen comeback

Three episodes for later this year

23/08/2017 …  The League Of Gentlemen are to make their comeback with three special TV episodes later this year.

C4 orders new gaming comedy

Mixing live action and animation

23/08/2017 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new comedy about gaming that mixing live action and animation, and which will be overseen by Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

Channel 4 hungry for more Friday Night Dinner

Series 5 ordered

23/08/2017 … Channel 4 has ordered a fifth series of Friday Night Dinner.

England's finest

Finalists announced for English Comedian of the Year

23/08/2017 … The finalists have been named for the 2017 English Comedian of the Year.

Never heard of it...

Paul Danan says he's making a BBC sitcom. BBC says no, he isn't

22/08/2017 … The BBC has denied that it working on a new sitcom with Celebrity Big Brother contestant  Paul Danan.

League of Gentlemen to present Edinburgh Comedy Award

20 years after winning it

22/08/2017 … The League of Gentlemen are to present this year’s lastminute.

Daniel Kitson announces Edinburgh shows

'Clunky' work in progress sessions

22/08/2017 … Daniel Kitson has announced some work in progress shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

It's a wash-out

Cornwall's first comedy festival cancelled after heavy rain

22/08/2017 … Cornwall’s first comedy festival has been called off with just five days notice.

Another d'Or opens

Britcoms up for prestigious international award

22/08/2017 … British comedies including Fleabag, People Just Do Nothing and Witless have been shortlisted for the prestigious Palm d’Or international TV festival.

Malcolm Hardee nominations announced

Double for Elvis Dead creator

22/08/2017 … The nominees for the  Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards have been announced.

You've got to be quidding! Is this really the joke of the Fringe?

Ken Cheng takes the title

21/08/2017 … Another corny 'dad joke' has been named funniest line from the most creative arts festival in the world.

Netflix sees more of its Friends From College

Series two ordered

21/08/2017 … Netflix has renewed its comedy Friends From College for a second season of eight episodes.

Peep Show remake hits the buffers

US network pulls the plug on latest adaptation attempt

21/08/2017 … The planned American remake of Peep Show has been scrapped.

Chewing Gum loses its flava

Creator Michaela Coel pulls plug on E4 sitcom

21/08/2017 … There will be no more episodes of E4 comedy hit Chewing Gum.

Alfie Moore cops another series on R4

Five new episodes for 2018

21/08/2017 … Radio 4 has commissioned a fourth series from policeman-turned-comedian Alfie Moore.

Big names join Galway festival

Full line-up released today

21/08/2017 … Dara O Briain, Kevin Bridges and Tommy Tiernan have joined the line-up for Galway’s annual comedy festival.

Jerry Lewis dies at 91

'A big loss for comedy'

20/08/2017 … Jerry Lewis has died at the age of 91.

Awards rain down on the Kagools

Comedy duo take Amused Moose title

20/08/2017 … The Kagools have won the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe The double act comprises Claire Ford and Nicola Wilkinson, who performed their first…

Amy Poehler creates new animated comedy

With Simpsons writers

20/08/2017 … Amy Poehler is joining forces with Simpsons veterans Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully to create a new animated comedy.

New comedy festival in the Wyldes of Cornwall

Live comedy in the week ahead

20/08/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

Ben Elton on the studio sitcom

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

20/08/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.

Voting opens for Comedians' Choice 2017

For best shows and performers at the Fringe

20/08/2017 … Comedians working at the Edinburgh Fringe have been invited to vote for their favourite colleagues and shows at the festival.

Dick Gregory dies at 84

Comedian and activist broke barriers

20/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian and activist Dick Gregory has died aged 84.

An Angel of the North

Lauren Pattison picks up Fringe accolade

19/08/2017 … Lauren Pattison has won a Herald Angel award for  her debut Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show, Lady Muck.

Birds Of A Feather gets another Christmas special

Lesley Joseph confirms news

18/08/2017 … Birds Of A Feather is to return for a new Christmas special, star Lesley Joseph has revealed.

Didn't he do well?

Bruce Forsyth dies at 89 after a brilliant TV career

18/08/2017 … Sir Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89 – after a 75-year career in showbusiness The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter had been unwell for some time…

Michael Barrymore to receive payout from police

Judge sides with comic in wrongful arrest case

18/08/2017 … Michael Barrymore is to receive ‘more than nominal damages’  over his wrongful arrest over the death of Stuart Lubbock at the comedian’s home.

Dick Gregory admitted to hospital

Mystery illness strikes comic, 84

17/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian Dick Gregory has been admitted to hospital with a ‘serious’ medical condition.

Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire

New show for Radio 4

17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.

A Noble effort

Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4

17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.

Radio 4 sitcom for Phil Ellis

...playing a divorced children's entertainer

17/08/2017 … Phil Ellis is to make a Radio 4 sitcom based on his bitter stand-up routines about his divorce.

Radio 4 comedies for stand-up stars

Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and more...

17/08/2017 … Stand-ups including Al Porter, Zoe Lyons, Felicity Ward and Sophie Willan are making personal comedy shows for Radio 4.

A Doomsday scenario

Radio 4 orders comedy about end-of-the-world Preppers

17/08/2017 … Radio 4 is to launch a new sitcom about ‘preppers’ readying themselves for apocalypse.

Harry Hill's prison sitcom gets a full series

Radio 4 picks up Life On Egg

17/08/2017 … Harry Hill’s Radio 4 sitcom Life On Egg has been picked up for a full series.

Joe Lycett lands Radio 4 talk show

...about obsessions and guilty pleasures

17/08/2017 … Joe Lycett is to become a talk show host for Radio 4.

A panel show for her

Radio 4 pilots a female-led topical comedy show

17/08/2017 … The BBC is to address the claim that panel shows are too male-dominated with a new topical show with a predominantly female line-up Radio 4 is piloting Where's…

Radio 4 to launch new stand-up strand

Comedians' shows adapted for Sunday slot

17/08/2017 … Radio 4 has announced a new weekly stand-up strand.

Smart arses

Buttock-baring, critic-baiting comedy up for theatre award

17/08/2017 … A show in which three international female comedy performers respond to their reviews has been nominated for a Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Flat broke

Comedians stung by Edinburgh Fringe accommodation scam

17/08/2017 … Edinburgh Fringe performers have spoken of how they fell victim to a scam over their festival accommodation.

Edinburgh one-off for Nish Kumar

Part of a fundraiser for refugees

17/08/2017 … Nish Kumar has announced his only full-length Fringe show this year – as part of an all-day fundraiser to help save the lives of refugees taking the perilous…

Top line-up for FGM benefit

Sue Perkins, Harry Hill, Bridget Christie and more

17/08/2017 … Sue Perkins, Harry Hill, Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee are to take part in a benefit gig to help the victims of female genital mutilation.

John Bishop tops brain tumour benefit

Fundraiser comes after cancer struck son of Underbelly boss

16/08/2017 … Edinburgh’s Underbelly venue is to stage a benefit for The Brain Tumour Charity after cancer struck the young son of its director, Ed Bartlam Late last…

Liz Carr attacked with scissors

Street attack on disabled comedian

16/08/2017 … Comedian Liz Carr has been stabbed in the head by an attacker armed with a pair of scissors in each hand.

Kelsey Grammer joins Dave sitcom

Fraser star is a neurologist in hospital comedy

16/08/2017 … Fraser star Kelsey Grammer is to make a guest appearance in Dave's new hospital sitcom Porters.

Groundhog Day to close on Broadway

It won't be coming back night after night after night

16/08/2017 … Groundhog Day is to close on Broadway  next month.

Michael Sheen and David Tennant cast in Good Omens comedy

From Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

15/08/2017 … Michael Sheen and David Tennant have been cast in the BBC comedy-fantasy drama Good Omens.

Louis CK's 'secret' film

Comic's black-and-white feature revealed

15/08/2017 … Louis CK has ‘secretly’ shot a feature film which will premiere next month.

Comedians land with Virgin Atlantic

Stand-up specials added to inflight entertainment

15/08/2017 … Jet passengers will be able to watch stand-up specials from Brennan Reece, Tom Ward and Colin Hoult under a new deal with Virgin Atlantic.

Susan Calman joins Strictly Come Dancing

'It's a dream come true'

15/08/2017 … Susan Calman is to take part in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Helen Keen shares more problems with Radio 4

Comedy series returns

15/08/2017 … Helen Keen is to make a second series of her Radio 4 show Big Problems.

When is Taskmaster coming back?

Dave announces series 5 launch date

15/08/2017 … Dave has changed the launch date of the new series of Taskmaster.

Miranda Hart misses Annie shows

Throat infection hits her West End debut

15/08/2017 … Miranda Hart has been forced to pull out of her West End musical role because of a throat infection.

Riordan DJ takes Chortle Student crown

Jack Gleadow runner-up

15/08/2017 … Riordan Deehan Jackson won the 2017 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe last night.

Psst! Dara O Briain's doing some low-key Edinburgh gigs

Work in progress for 2018 tour

14/08/2017 … Dara O Briain is to perform three work-in-progress shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Comedians to stage a musical – on ice

With Tony Law and the Weirdos collective

14/08/2017 … Tony Law and the alternative comedians of the Weirdos collective are to stage a new comedy musical – on ice.

'Doctor' writer Richard Gordon dies at 95

Novels spawned movies and sitcoms

14/08/2017 … The writer of the Doctor series of comic novels and films has died at the age of 95.

Look who's 'Back'

First picture of Mitchell and Webb in new C4 comedy

14/08/2017 … Here is the first look at David Mitchell and Robert Webb in the new Channel 4 series Back.

Jack Gleadow amuses the Moose

Hull stand-up wins New Comic Award

13/08/2017 … Hull comedian Jack Gleadow has won the Amused Moose National New Comic Award in Edinburgh.

BBC New Comedy Award winner crowned

Heidi Regan takes the title

13/08/2017 …  Heidi Regan has been crowned this year’s BBC New Comedy Award winner.

In Gad we trust...

The best of the week's live comedy

13/08/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.

In Gadd we trust...

The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

13/08/2017 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV and radio.

Comics brought to book... festival

Cheltenham announces its line-up

13/08/2017 … Miranda Hart, Russell Brand, Sarah Millican, Matt Lucas, and Peep Show star Robert Webb are all taking part in this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival.

Sophie Willan wins an Edinburgh award

Herald Angel for her stand-up show

12/08/2017 … Sophie Willan has won a Herald Angel award for her Edinburgh stand-up show Branded.

BBC New Comedy finalist pulls out

Family emergency takes Yumna Mohamed from Edinburgh

11/08/2017 … One of the finalists in Sunday’s BBC New Comedy Award final has had to drop out because of a family emergency.

Bishop of Edinburgh

John brings his In Conversation... show to the festival – and Facebook

11/08/2017 … John Bishop is to present some special editions of his interview series In Conversation With… from the Edinburgh.

Netflix renews GLOW

Second series of wrestling comedy-drama ordered

11/08/2017 … Netflix has renewed GLOW, its comedy-drama about 1980s female wrestling for a second season.

Seeso is a no go

America's 'comedy Netflix' to close this year

09/08/2017 … American comedy-on demand service Seeso is to close – less than two years after launching.

Russell Kane returns to Facebook Live

Two more episodes of his Kaneing show

09/08/2017 … Russell Kane is to host another two of his Facebook Live talks shows, Kaneing Live.

Tom Price gets a breakfast shift

New Magic slot for comic-turned-DJ

09/08/2017 … Comedian Tom Price is to become the weekend breakfast host on Magic Radio.

Richard Ayoade writes a new cinema book

As Gordy LaSure, ‘the Alan Partridge of the film world’

09/08/2017 … Richard Ayoade is writing a new book about movies.

Fringe workers 'are being exploited'

Union tells of horror stories from flyerers and venue staff

09/08/2017 … Britain’s largest trade union has launched a campaign to improve the wages and conditions of staff working at the Edinburgh Fringe.

David Letterman returns to TV

...courtesy of Netflix

08/08/2017 … David Letterman is to make a return to TV - courtesy of  Netflix.

Here's Harry.... at last

All episodes of Harry Worth's sitcom to be released on DVD

08/08/2017 … All the surviving episodes of Harry Worth’s Sixties comedy series Here’s Harry are to be released on DVD for the first time.

Cate loves Lucy

Blanchette tipped to star in comedian's biopic

08/08/2017 … Cate Blanchett is set to play Lucille Ball in a new biopic of the comedian’s life.

Paddy McGuinness to host tribute act show

BBC One special

08/08/2017 … Paddy McGuinness is to host a new BBC One show hailing tribute acts.

New York comedy festival announces line-up

The Tenderloins, Bill Maher, Kevin Smith and more...