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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...