Comedian Will BF has launched a magazine for alternative comedy writing. Co-created with comedy producer Amber Ash, the first 36-page edition features contributions from Rosalie Minnit, Alex Franklin, ...

Nina Gilligan has been named best act in the 2024 Comic’s Comic Award. The accolade comes from her fellow professional comedians and comes after she was named North West Comedian Of The Year and ...

Superhero movie satire The Franchise has not been renewed for a second series. Armando Iannucci was one of the executive producers of the big-budget HBO comedy, whose stars include Himesh Patel, ...

His comeback arena tour has reportedly grossed £27million for Peter Kay – though that doesn’t seem to have found its way to the comedian’s bottom line yet. Newly filed accounts from his personal ...

The viewing figure for the Gavin & Stacey finale has swelled to 18.5million. Consolidated figures show the 12.3million viewers who tuned in live on Christmas Day have been joined by 5.2million ...

The French comic has been a significant rising star on the UK circuit for a few years now, but 2024 represented an evolution of her style. Of All People is a more honest, affecting show than ever ...

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: Romesh Ranganathan returns to host the comedy sports panel show for its 19th series alongside team captains Jamie Redknapp and Jill Scott and series regular Micah Richards.

Scottish comedian Rachel Jackson was arrested at Nashville Airport after a sweary showdown with police, it has been revealed today. Footage of the 37-year-old’s altercation with police officers in ...

Test your comedy knowledge of 2024 with today's edition of our Tuesday trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!

After studying drama at Loughborough University, Diane Spencer emigrated to New Zealand, where she started performing stand-up in November 2006. In 2009 she performed her first solo show, as well as ...

Nudity usually ensures memorability, and Garry Starr – the alter-ego of Aussie clown Damien Warren-Smith – performed his entire show in the buff, save for save for a tailcoat, flippers and Elizabethan ...