Comedy writer Gavin Petrie has died at the age of 83. He started out as a music and entertainment journalist – becoming features editor of the TV Times – before turning to comedy writing with his wife ...

Finlay Christie is to make his debut on Have I Got News For You. The comic will be appearing on the December 5 edition of the topical panel show opposite Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is also ...

The West End New Act Of The Year began in 2022, with this spin-off launched the following year to showcase comedians over the age of 35. The winners will receive ‘a small amount of money’.

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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...