© Dish/Waitrose/Cold Glass Productions ...and the ups and downs of performing comedy alone
07/01/2026 … Tim Key has spoken of his love of pubs – and how it led to one of the weirdest Valentine’s Days going.
Goon used his noodle to highlight animal rights
07/01/2026 … Spike Milligan once walked into Harrods with a dustbin full of spaghetti.
Comic buys an electric pink VW Golf
04/01/2026 … Jimmy Carr is known for his love of cars, having spent a fortune on a collection of high-end motors such as a Range Rover and a Bentley Continental GT.
© BBC Vittorio Angelone credits podcast shout-out as a turning point
03/01/2026 … Vittorio Angelone says a generous shout-out from TV mogul Richard Osman acted as a ‘light switch moment,’ to turbocharge his career.
© Justin Higuchi/CC BY-SA 2.0 Singer Jessie J's stand-up ambitions
30/12/2025 … She once recorded a song called Stand Up – and now that could be Jessie J’s next career move, too.
© Ross Muir Art New artwork celebrates the Big Yin
26/12/2025 … Here are two icons of Glasgow together at last – Sir Billy Connolly and the traffic cone that’s permanently placed on the head of the Duke of Wellington…
Will Arnett on coming out of his comfort zone to follow in John Bishop's footsteps
24/12/2025 … Will Arnett has spoken about how he performed stand-up for the first time in preparation for his new movie Is This Thing On?, inspired by the life of John…
© BBC/Merman/Natalie Seery Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders on the Amandaland Christmas special
23/12/2025 … Joanna Lumley joked that she would ‘murder’ her Absolutely Fabulous co-star Jennifer Saunders if she didn’t sign up for the Christmas…
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