© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton's Just A Minute milestone
17/02/2016 … Paul Merton is to overtake Kenneth Williams to become the second most frequent player of Just A Minute.
Wed 17 February 2016
© Steve Ullathorne 
I'd rather be in an audience for improv than stand-up
17/02/2016 … The UK improv scene has been rapidly expanding the last few years.
The Simpsons go live
Motion-capture to animate Homer in real time
17/02/2016 … The Simpsons is to air a live session.
Tue 16 February 2016
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Harry Enfield to play Prince Charles in comedy soap
16/02/2016 … Harry Enfield is to play Prince Charles in Channel 4’s new comedy soap opera The Windsors.
Louis CK scoops a Grammy
16/02/2016 … LOUIS CK has won this year's Grammy award for best comedy album for Live At Madison Square Garden.
Blackpool to get a Morecambe & Wise statue
16/02/2016 … A statue of Morecambe & Wise is to be unveiled in Blackpool this autumn as part of the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of their theatrical debut.
© ITV Safeword to return
With David Morgan and Katherine Ryan
16/02/2016 … ITV2 has commissioned a second series of comedy panel show Safeword with Katherine Ryan and David Morgan returning as team captains.