The Chortle Hotshots scheme is open to any stand-up, sketch team or musical, character or clowning act performing their first 50-minute-plus show in the comedy section of the Fringe programme for at ...

Speaking to Chris Moyles on his Radio X breakfast show this morning, the comic recalled said: ‘There was a giant stiletto platform boot that was the size of a child, that was above the stage ...

Kiwi comedy duo Two Hearts have written a comedy series about an eccentric American billionaire hiding in New Zealand. Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore’s eight-part series The Sanctuary has just been ...

David Frost almost scuppered Monty Python’s Flying Circus by refusing to release John Cleese from his contract, a memo fromn the BBC archives reveals.

Stand-up Gearóid Farrelly is to take part in Dancing With The Stars, Ireland’s version of Strictly Come Dancing. The 47-year-old comedian will take to the dancefloor with a male dance partner, who has ...

• Gavin & Stacey: The Finale will air at 9pm on Christmas Day and the behind-the-scenes documentary Gavin & Stacey: A Fond ...

Leicester Square Theatre’s quest for its new comedian of 2024 was no exception, with 14 up-and-coming comics making it through to the final.

Brendan O’Carroll has revived the prospect of a Mrs Brown’s Boys cartoon – more than 15 years after first raising the idea.

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's questions are all about the Royal ...

Ruth Jones and James Corden are to take over the Radio 2 breakfast show on December 23 to make the end of Gavin and Stacey. They will be joined by many of their fellow cast members from the series ...

Ramona: It might feel like the world has changed but in Outnumbered the relationships have pretty much stayed the same. Hugh: ...

Footage of Tommy Cooper never before seen on British TV is to air this Christmas. A new tribute programme will feature his ...