Saturday Night Live UK gets two more episodes
Series one now runs for eight weeks
Sky has added an extra two episodes to the launch series of Saturday Night Live UK. The…
Katherine Ryan writes her second memour
Katherine Ryan has written her second memoir about…
Antisemitism group bids to reopen Reginald D Hunter case
The Campaign Against Antisemitism is trying to reopen…
Third series – and a Halloween special – for Last One Laughing
Last One Laughing is to return for a third series and…
Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade join Sonic The Hedgehog 4
Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade have joined…
The Ghosts movie The Possession of Button House…
Filming starts on Frankie Boyle's Meantime
Sky has released the first still from the set of the…
Mackenzie Crook hopes for a second series of Small Prophets
Mackenzie Crook has teased a second series of Small Prophets after the BBC revealed…
Sean Hughes's homes given to Shelter
Three homes owned by Sean Hughes have been given to a homeless charity after more…
Nick Mohammed and Sam Nicoresti are double Chortle Award winners
Nick Mohammed and Sam Nicoresti were both double winners at the Chortle Awards tonight,…
Last One Laughing showdown up for a Bafta
The speed-dating showdown between Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade on Last One Laughing…
Kim Noble writes autobiographical graphic novel
Comedian and performance artist Kim Noble has written a memoir in graphic novel…
Roisin Conaty to host Last One Laughing podcast
The new series of Last One Laughing will be coming with its own companion podcast. Roisin…
Tour news
Features
The troubled history of Saturday Night Live
In Studio 8H in downtown New York, a clock counts down the seconds to 11.30pm – the…
'Michael Gove is one of the most charming men I've ever met'
A former winner of the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, Susie McCabe is…
Saturday Night Live UK faces an uphill battle
A tall, well-built man saunters past a band and onto the stage. He is handsome and…
How to fix the Oscars monologue
There’s a peculiar kind of sympathy that only exists among comedians, and it…
Reviews
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy at Underbelly Boulevard
Directly mining grief and other traumas for comedy…
Live comedy picks
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Other news
Cambridge Comedy Garden back for a third year
The Cambridge Comedy Garden is returning in July with…
Katherine Ryan and Jon Richardson in Withering Heights
Move over, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Katherine…
Roy Wood Jr. returns to Have I Got News For You UK
American comedian Roy Wood Jr. is to host the opening episode of the 71st series…
Comic Relief films a Traitors sketch
Ruby Wax, Jessica Hynes and Iain Stirling have filmed a Traitors sketch for…
Fourth series for What Just Happened?
Topical comedy panel show What Just Happened? is returning to BBC Radio Wales…
Michael Sheen's House Of Games
Michael Sheen has been confirmed as the host for the next series of BBC Two’s…
Comics bid farewell to Banana Cabaret
Some big names are to bid farewell to Banana Cabaret. one of Britain’s longest-running…
Pain in the neck? You need a laugh
Watching TV comedy can halve the agony of chronic head and neck pain, a new study…
Punching Up
Guz Khan's ex-pupils tell how he inspired them
Guz Khan has a touching reunion with some of his former pupils on tomorrow night's Claudia Winkleman Show. After telling the host how he adopted a 'good…
Mel Giedroyc tried so hard not to crack up during Last…
Jimmy Carr: I only eat once a day
Jimmy Carr says he only eats once a day because…
Jennifer Saunders: Dawn French and I bought ecstasy together
Jennifer Saunders has revealed she and Dawn French…
Videos
David Mitchell sings Flash, Bang, Wallop! from Half A Sixpence in Last One Laughing.
The comic broke his normal strait-laced persona to perform the jaunty number in a bid to make his fellow comics crack up and lose their place in the contest.
'I didn't know he couldn't sing,' Alan Carr said after the song.
David Mitchell sings Flash, Bang, Wallop!
From Last One Laughing
The Traitors as a Hollywood movie
Comic Relief sketch
Amandaland Comic Relief sketch
Featuring a host of famous Amandas
Mock The Week on Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and piercings
Clips from Sunday's show