BBC axes Newsjack
Topical comedy show dropped after 12 years
The BBC has axed its topical comedy show Newsjack after 12 years. The Radio 4…
Farewell to Brooklyn Nine-Nine
American police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine came…
Vic Reeves joins Jools Holland on tour
Vic Reeves is to tour with Jools Holland’s band…
Inside No 9 reveals series 7 guest stars
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith will be reunited…
Sara Pascoe joins The Great British Sewing Bee
Sara Pascoe is replacing Joe Lycett as the…
Would I Lie To You? named best comedy
Would I Lie To You? was named best comedy at the TRIC…
What Nadine Dorries thinks it's not OK to joke about
New Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries believes ‘Left-wing…
Tribute gig for Lynn Ruth Miller
Comedians and cabaret performers are to pay tribute to Lynn Ruth Miller with a gig…
Book deal for impressionist Josh Berry
Impressionist Josh Berry has written a book based on the alleged diaries of his spoof…
Mrs Brown's Boys returns with a live Halloween special
It is the day associated with all things terrifying and horrific. And this Halloween,…
Tributes as Norm Macdonald dies at 61
Tributes have been paid to Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald after his death…
Early Doors stage show released as video-on-demand
The stage version of Early Doors has been released via video-on-demand in aid of…
Frank Skinner to follow the romantic poets
Frank Skinner is to follow in the footsteps of romantic poets William Wordsworth…
Features
'People assume comedians are nasty... but they are actually quite supportive'
Comedians get an unfair rap by being portrayed as competitive, self-centred and jealous,…
Never Mind The Buzzcocks returns: Interviews with the new team
Greg Davies: 'I chemically prevent myself from sweating. Powerfully erotic…
Who was born first, Laurel or Hardy?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Taskmaster 12: Interviews with all the contestants
Taskmaster returns to Channel 4 for its 12 series on September 23. Here we hear from…
Reviews
Nabil Abdulrashid: N.A.B.I.L. (Nobody Actually Believed I'd Last)
Maybe Britain’s Got Talent isn’t the draw…
Live comedy picks
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Bloomsbury Theatre
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Slapstick's Big Comedy Bash
Reading Hexagon
Thursday 23 Sep from 19:30 - 22:00Book now
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Mark Watson: This Can't Be It
Halifax Square Chapel Arts Centre
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Jenny Eclair: Sixty! (FFS!)
Berwick-upon-Tweed Maltings Theatre
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Frank Skinner: Showbiz
Reading Hexagon
Sunday 19th Sep from 19:30Book now
Other news
Assembly Garden will return to Coventry
It was intended as a City of Culture pop-up, but Assembly…
Meet Sky's future comedy writing stars
Stand-up Rob Carter is one of 11 writers picked to…
Who's joining Matt Forde’s Political Party?
More guests have been announced for the West End residency of Matt Forde’s…
Brighton gets a new comedy competition
Brighton comedy promoters Otherplace have launched a new act competition for up-and-coming…
Natalie Haynes joins Time Team
Former stand-up Natalie Haynes is taking over from Tony Robinson on a revived Time…
Guilty Feminist team plan more podcasts
The team behind the Guilty Feminist are set to launch a range of new podcasts after…
Cabaret extravaganza La Clique is returning to London this Christmas. A Spiegeltent…
New play for Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison
Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison is to star in a new play from stand-up comic Archie…
Punching Up
Listening to some ASMR books...
Tweets of the week I returned a copy of '1984' to a library in Greece, and they were all like: 'Orwell, Orwell, Orwell uh huh, Eighty-Four,…
As animated by Terry Gilliam, the credits for Monty…
The man who grassed Bill Bailey up to The Sun
Strictly success has catapulted Bill Bailey to a whole…
Ed Gamble has married his fiancée Charlie Jamison…
Videos
Brett Goldstein made his debut as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The British comic spoke about being nominated for an Emmy for his work on Ted Lasso – and the odd rumour that his character Roy is actually computer generated.
He is also a writer on the Apple+ show, and also discussed how his dad loved football and his love of swearing.
Kimmel’s talk show is on ABC at 11.35pm nightly.
Emmy nominee Brett Goldstein on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Comic and Ted Lasso star appears on US talk show
With Morgan Freeman, Bjork, Adele and Boris Johnson
South Park scene still relevant a decade on...
Stand-up special coming to HBO Max this month