Adrian Edmondson, Ted Lasso star James Lance and Comedy Story Player Josie Lawrence are to make guest appearances in the festive episodes of hit BBC detective show Death In Paradise and its spin-off ...

The guest performances mark the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth in Hampshire next month. The rotating Austentatious cast includes: Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Cariad Lloyd, Charlotte Gittins, Daniel Nils ...

Never mind the music, he’s the guy who simply likes to piss off all the other people in the gig… ...

Sky is to air four stand-up specials from next month, featuring Jack Dee, Katherine Ryan, Harry Hill and Josh Widdicombe. The shows are all part of a deal with Off The Kerb Productions, the TV arm of ...

The series is being made by Big Talk Studios, whose chief executive Kenton Allen said: ‘As a proud state educated Midlands boy myself, I recognised so much of my own upbringing in Sue Townsend’s ...

Alex Horne has revealed a prank he played on Maisie Adam in the just-ended 20th season of Taskmaster. After every one of her task attempts, he interviewed her in a post-match style. But he didn’t have ...

Two guides have been published to try to make the comedy circuit a safer place for comedians to work. One of the booklets offers tips to stand-ups on how to protect themselves, while another gives ...

Harry Jenkins, Comedy at the Castle director, said: ‘We are totally overjoyed to finally release our biggest and best line-up yet. Adding Lancaster Castle has been almost 18 months in the making, and ...

Big Boys and Pushers – which both aired on Channel 4 – are nominated in the comedy drama and sitcom category. They are up against New Zealand musical comedy Happiness, Amazon’s big-budget ...

The show is inspired by the online abuse she gets as a trans comic – especially after she stripped naked on Friday Night Live in 2022. However her performance helped the show win the Bafta for best ...

LONDON: The Comedy Store hosts the Spread a Smile Comedy Night, raising money to bring happiness ot seriously ill children and their families in hospital. The bill includes Harriet Kemsley, Rhys James ...

Glasgow International Comedy Festival has opened applications for its Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. Now in its fourth year, the award is supported by the Big Yin and his family. Rosco ...