Known as a career-launcher across the globe, SNL is an interesting and unusual prospect for a comedy scene already in flux. With online comedy undoubtedly king in a digital age, the introduction of a ...

Mike Berry, who was the last surviving main cast member of Are You Being Served?, has died at the age of 82. He played junior salesman Mr Spooner in the last three series of the BBC sitcom in the ...

It will come as little surprise, but Have I Got News For You will tonight mock Donald Trump’s flip-flopping over tariffs, sending global economies haywire. Speaking about the chaos, Ian Hislop said: ...

Frasier said the collapse of her publisher Unbound, the restrictions on doing even unpaid promotional work on a ESTA visa waiver, and the prohibitive $3,000 cost to just apply for a visa that would ...

Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson has been named as this year’s staff comedy writers for BBC Studios Audio department. Their contract will involve them writing on Radio 4 shows such as The News Quiz, ...

The Burton Brothers were one of the finds of last year’s Melbourne comedy festival, with their distinctive, tightly scripted show set entirely in 1925.

In her solo festival debut, former Raw Comedy finalist Meg Jäger exudes a faux sense of superiority, acerbic and nonchalant. She makes smug assertions like: ‘Fleetwood Mac? Ever heard of them?’ and ...

Howells recently went viral with an internet clip about her autism, prompting her to consider the pitfalls of fame – from Tiny Tim’s flash-in-the-pan career to Michael Jackson impersonators who let it ...

Angela Barnes is to host a new Radio 4 stand-up showcase recorded at comedy clubs around the UK. Four 30-minute episodes of Live From The UKwill be taped this month at the Frog & Bucket in Manchester, ...

Sky is bringing NBC’s legendary late-night comedy showcase, Saturday Night Live, to the UK and Ireland in 2026. A star-studded lineup of hosts will take to the stage to declare, "Live from London, ...

The finals of Sketch Off – the UK’s premier competition for sketch and character comedy – makes for a lovely occasion to see ...

Former newsreader Angela Rippon is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time. The 80-year-old broadcaster, who will take the chair on April 25, said: ‘It’s been a few years since I said ...