BEING Stanley Baxter: This hour-long tribute was scheduled to air today anyway, but is given added poignancy after the comedian died on December 11, at the age of 99. The film draws on rare archive ...

LONDON: Barry & Tony – the alter-egos of alternative comedy faves Joz Norris and John-Luke Roberts – host a New Year's Eve Hootenanny, 24 hours early. They will be joined at the Bill Murray by guests ...

The Amandaland Christmas special and Michael McIntyre ’s The Wheel made the top ten most popular TV shows on Christmas Day. Jennifer Saunders guesting alongside her Ab Fab co-star Joanna Lumley drew 3 ...

‘I have been comedy adjacent for much of my life, but I’d never done stand-up,’ Arnett said. ‘I had to stop being a comedy actor and try and approach it as someone who had never done it before. It ...

As the Meghan Markle of Harlesden, Amanda strives for everything to be Instagram-perfect. She visibly shudders at the thought that some people might have tinsel in their house at Christmas, and asks ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week theme is comedians in panto. Good luck!

The case came after Hunter clashed with antisemitism campaigners Mark Lewis and Mandy Blumenthal at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The pair heckled an anti-Israel joke, with the response reportedly ...

Recently it feels like there’s a bit of a tidal shift happening, as some comedians have been excavating and re-examining older work. It makes sense as an approach to labour: if you have older work ...

BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2025: Question master Jimmy Carr is joined by Jonathan Ross, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed, Roisin Conaty and Lou Sanders, as they battle it out to see who ...

‘People don't fuck with you when you’ve won Baftas,’ Willan added. ‘ I think as a woman getting a Bafta is like being given a penis, it really is. You're not going to be treated with all the respect, ...

Russell Brand has been charged with another count of rape and another count of sexual assault. The Metropolitan Police said the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the two charges relating to two ...

Saunders, 67, added: 'It’s really good fun just hanging out. We did crosswords all the time.’ Walsh said of the script: ‘I think everybody loves watching upper class people have a shit time. It’s a ...