I caught Mel Smith snorting coke in Freddie Mercury's house
16/10/2019 … His comic persona was of the slightly dour, slightly dim, world-weary everyman – but away from the camera, Mel Smith could be quite different.
Wed 16 October 2019
Tue 15 October 2019
Andrew Lawrence reverts to type
New tour kicks out against 'PC garbage'
15/10/2019 … Andrew Lawrence’s foray into clean controversy-free comedy has been short-lived.
Fri 11 October 2019
Revealed: the comic who came up with Wagatha Christie
Dan Atkinson says he's had marriage proposals
11/10/2019 … Comedian Dan Atkinson has been revealed as the man who coined the phrase ‘Wagatha Christie’.
Matt Lucas loses £250,000 on his LA home
Sold for less than he paid for it
11/10/2019 … Matt Lucas has sold his home in the Hollywood Hills – but a a £250,000 loss.
Nobody puts the 12:47 to Gravesend in the sidings...
Katy Brand's Dirty Dancing PR stunt takes over London Bridge station
11/10/2019 … Katy Brand helped stop commuters in their tracks yesterday with a stunt to promote her new Dirty Dancing themed book I Carried A Watermelon.
Thu 10 October 2019
© BBC 'We ruined our old teacher's life. Sorry'
This Country duo used his real name in their comedy
10/10/2019 … The siblings behind BBC comedy This Country have apologised for making the life of one of their old teachers a misery – after using his real name in the show.
Mon 07 October 2019
Appealing to the youth
Josh Widdicombe has an audience member aged just one
07/10/2019 … If broadcasters are obsessed with comedians with youth, Josh Widdicombe could be just what they need.
© Jaimie Gramston Billy Connolly: I sleep like a wild animal
Comic speaks honestly about his Parkinson's
07/10/2019 … Billy Connolly has revealed that he can no longer sleep in the same bed as wife Pamela Stephenson because of his Parkinson’s disease 'I sleep like a…