Channel 4 has announced the finalists of this year’s of the Sean Lock Comedy Award. The winner will get a £5,000 grant to help them further develop their live work, a script commission from Channel ...

Kill Tony regular William Montgomery has been booed off stage after making a series of dated bad-taste jokes. The comic – who holds the record for the most one-minute performances on the podcast show ...

John Cleese has pulled his performances in Israel later this month. The Fawlty Towers star says he axed the gigs amid fears for his safety, but has promised to rescheduled.

Leading British barristers are to appear on a West End stage alongside comics Lee Mack and Richard Ayoade. They will be taking part in a mock trial to decide Is Shakespeare Funny?, with High Court ...

It might come as a surprise given his slobbish persona on Cats Do Countdown, but Joe Wilkinson has a Christmas romance with Keira Knightley in this year’s Waitrose Christmas advert. The comic – and ...

Pemberton and Shearsmith star in the spin-off from their TV show, with a guest star each night. These have included Ian McKellen, Jonathan Ross, Maureen Lipman, Lenny Henry, Stephen Fry, Phoebe Waller ...

Philomena Cunk star Diane Morgan has joined the Marvel universe. The comedian has landed a role in the upcoming Disney+ series VisionQuest, the third part of a trilogy that started with WandaVision.

The North East Comedy Hall of Fame is expected to be a wall of plaques, which may also become a travelling exhibition with Tyne and Wear Museums It being developed by Felt Nowt, a non-profit ...

We know President Trump is such a stickler for honesty, he’s threatening the BBC with a billion-dollar lawsuit for editing his words out of context. So it would be terrible if other people were to cut ...

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