Watchdog probes Fern Brady's 'sacrilegious' poster
Complaint that her tour image is offensive to Christians
Fern Brady is getting some extra publicity for her new stand-up tour, after generating…
Stephen Merchant and Josh Widdicombe team up for Gogglebox
Stephen Merchant and Josh Widdicombe are teaming up…
BBC Scotland to showcase nation's stand-ups
Some of Scotland’s top comedians are to take…
Tony Slattery launches a podcast
Tony Slattery is to launch his first podcast. The…
Rhod Gilbert has won a Bafta for the moving documentary…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
First stand-up special for Lucy Beaumont
Monday October 21 THE FRANCHISE: There’s some…
Chris McCausland has his best ever week on Strictly
Chris McCausland won 35 points from Strictly's judges tonight - his best score…
Paul Chowdhry announces new tour
Paul Chowdhry has announced his biggest tour yet. His new stand-up show, Englandia,…
Filming starts on the final series of Man Like Mobeen
Filming has begun on the fifth and final series of Gus Khan’s Man Like…
Apple TV+ has ordered a third series of Shrinking, the therapy-based comedy co-created…
US Have I Got News For You host to present the BBC original.
The host of the American version of Have I Got News For You is to host the BBC original. Roy…
James Acaster releases Hecklers Welcome on vinyl
James Acaster’s Hecklers Welcome show is to be released as a limited edition…
Tour news
Features
What is Borat's middle name?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
How chaotic collaboration beats scripted punchlines
Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London…
Which pop star helped fund Monty Python's Life of Brian?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
'Losing Gina Yashere to America was one of Britain’s greatest comedic shames'
Andrew White embarks on his debut tour – Young, Gay & A Third Thing –…
Reviews
Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir by Jenny Eclair
Miranda Hart garnered plenty of headlines last week…
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024
It’s described as the West Midlands biggest comedy…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Maisie Adam: Appraisal
Leicester Square Theatre
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Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here
Glasgow Glee Club
Wednesday 23rd Oct from 19:30Book now
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Rose Matafeo: On and On and On
Arcola
Saturday 19th Oct from 19:15
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Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer
Dartford Orchard West
Wednesday 30th Oct from 20:00Book now
Gig of the day
Red Richardson: Bugatti Live
Sheffield Theatre Deli
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Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe
Dublin Vicar Street
Friday 8th Nov from 19:30Book now
Other news
Ricky Gervais announces US and Canada dates
Ricky Gervais has today announced four North…
Operation Mincemeat extends for an 11th time
Operation Mincemeat has announced the 11th extension…
Atsuko Okatsuka announces UK and Ireland dates
Asian-American comedian Atsuko Okatsuka has announced four UK and Ireland dates next…
Funny Women extends its 'Glitter Project' with mentoring meet-ups
Funny Women is rolling out its comedy networking scheme The Glitter Project to six…
Quebec comedy festival becomes a Just For Laughs
Quebec’s comedy festival is to be renamed Just For Laughs after its organisers…
La Clique announces its 2024 line-up
The line-up has been announced for the 20th anniversary season of the La Clique cabaret…
Who's on Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains series 6
The guests have been revealed for the sixth series of Rhod Gilbert’s Growing…
George Egg launches Stuffed! podcast
Comedian and culinary social media star George Egg has launched a new podcast deploying…
Punching Up
Bill Bailey's close encounter with a jaguar
Bill Bailey has told how he nearly came a cropper thanks to a language barrier. The comic appears on the Graham Norton show tonight to talk about his new book My…
Alex Horne reveals the one comedian he wants on Taskmaster
Alex Horne has revealed the one comedy star for whom…
Now Russell Brand's selling 'magical amulets'
Russell Brand is flogging a ‘magical amulet’…
When Greg Davies was told to tone it down... by the Chuckle Brothers!
It’s not exactly the most naturalistic show on…
Videos
Steen Raskopoulos has launched a new improvised chat show – with Aisling Bea the first guest.
The format of Congrats On The New... is that while the guest is there to promote something, they just don't know what it is until Steen tells them.
In this case, she plays Veronica Danger in the new film Get Off My Earth and shares her deep knowledge of the film here:
Congrats On The New...
New improvised talk show with Steen Raskopoulos and Aisling Bea
From Saturday Night Live
Skydivers, from Please Don’t Destroy
As seen on Saturday Night Live
SNL's Weekend Update with 16 days to the US election
With Michael Che and Colin Jost - plus Emil Wakim and…