Tom Stade does the honours in Edinburgh
19/03/2019 … Kenny O'Brien – the departing general manager of The Stand comedy clubs – was presented with the 2019 Chortle Award for best offstage contribution last night.
Comic writes a script for her enduring creation
19/03/2019 … Catherine Tate is planning to make a film based upon her foul-mouthed Nan character.
© Channel 4 Catastrophe creator reveals her worst idea...
19/03/2019 … News that Channel 4 were developing a sitcom set during the Irish potato famine provoked outrage in some quarters when it leaked in 2015.
19/03/2019 … Hollywood star Michael Keaton has been speaking about his early career as a stand-up.
19/03/2019 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has launched a new scheme to help performers get home safely after gigs.
19/03/2019 … A new Australian comedy series is to based around the exploits of two detectives in an indigenous community.
Future Britain's Got Talent judge starred in the pilot
19/03/2019 … Twenty years ago to the day, Smack the Pony launched the comedy careers of Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips.
As his own great-great-great grandfather, William Makepeace Thackeray
19/03/2019 … Al Murray is to star in a new adaptation of Vanity Fair – playing his great-great-great grandfather William Makepeace Thackeray.
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