© Trevor Leighton Nigel Havers did nothing to encourage the comic's ambitions
29/03/2025 … Jack Whitehall has had a pretty good comedy career – but with no help from his godfather, Nigel Havers.
Comic tried stand-up after compiling a bucket list after a road accident
29/03/2025 … James Acaster has told how he took up comedy as part of a ‘bucket list’ after he was in a serious car smash.
© Netflix (Or at least his plans for a £5m mansion do)
27/03/2025 … Ricky Gervais has had to abandon his plans to build a £5 million mansion on the banks of the Thames over concerns about flooding.
Seven sets in one from the award-winning comic
24/03/2025 … High-concept comedian Jordan Brookes has released a stand-up special in the most Jordan Brookes way possible.
Adam Conover makes it to his London gig... eventually
22/03/2025 … American comic Adam Conover has vowed he will be on stage at the Leicester Square Theatre tonight – after the Heathrow chaos turned the ten-hour flight from…
C4 invites white comic Maureen Younger to an event for black talent
18/03/2025 … Perhaps Channel 4 is just so woke that they genuinely don’t see colour.
James Buckley and Joe Thomas to play the Gallagher brothers in Comic Relief sketch
17/03/2025 … An Inbetweeners reunion – of sorts – is on the cards.
Another iconic hat under the hammer
16/03/2025 … Another of Tommy Cooper’s fezzes has sold at auction for £7,000 - more than twice its estimate.
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