The Daily Star today reports that a big-screen version of the hit BBC comedy is in the works, with filming set to start ‘within months’. However the paper cites no production company or director ...

Australian comic Alice Fraser has announced a short UK tour to promote her new book. A Passion For Passion is described as ‘a love letter to genre romance fiction’ that ‘celebrates the joyful ...

Johnny Ball is to write a book about his career in comedy before he became known as a children’s science presenter. Ball – the father of broadcaster Zoe – began his entertainment career by working as ...

Dawn French looks almost unrecognisable in a new comedyclip posted on Instagram. The 67-year-old comic long ago ditched her brunette bob and shed a huge amount of weight after joking that she would ...

Alice Fraser has fallen in love… with romance novels. She’s written a delirious love letter to the genre and now she has to live with the consequences. If you love romance novels, or if you have no ...

The shows – and the comics taking part in each one – are: Aaron Wood, Adam Anwar, Alex Stringer, Ava Liversidge, Dom Hatton Woods, Ellie Pea, Jacob Nussey, Lindsey Davies, Nathan Birkinshaw, Paul ...

Global entertainment giant Live Nation has set up a UK comedy agency. Matt Bragg, Thomas Green, and Josh Baulf, pictured, are the first comics signed up to the company. Comedy Nation Management.

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is streaming January 16 on Peacock.

Sam Nicoresti conspiracy theory on the debate raging around trans women in sports. The comic shares their views on the contentious topic in this clip from their stand-up special, Wokeflake. Nicoresti ...

Mary O'Connell talks about taking apps and being a 'bisexual olive princess' in this new clip from Comedy Central Live. She also talks about being a 'city mouse' whereas her boyfriend is a 'country ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's timely theme is 'back to work'. Good luck!

Elsewhere in the interview, Gledhill recalled being 'angered' at effectively losing a slot on a prestigious showcase at the 2023 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, when a man heckled her throughout ...