Saturday saw both the most and least famous names play Latitude’s comedy arena. And it was the newbie who impressed the most. Until now, Lucas Jones Ho ’s biggest career landmarks have been winning ...

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic says he turned down a seven-figure sum to perform at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival last year. The song parodist revealed that he was offered more money than he’d ever ...

More overtly political is Josie Long, both proud of the fact and aware of how annoying that can be, describing herself as ‘left-wing – but not in a fun way’. She teases the phoney middle-class lefties ...

8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN: As the show returns for a new series, captains Jon Richardson and Rob Beckett are joined by Harriet Kemsley and Richard Ayoade plus Nick Mohammed in Dictionary Corner ...

Bad news for Andy Burnham - Lucy Beaumont thinks all Prime Ministers should be Southerners. At least that’s the opinion she was forced to adopt on Unacceptable, the Ed Gamble-fronted panel show that ...

The British Podcast Awards have revealed their 2026 nominations. Shortlisted in the comedy category are: Fin vs History [with Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould] From The Oasthouse The ...

Paul Carey has won this year’s David Nobbs Memorial Trust comedy writing competition, taking home £1,000 and a meeting with two comedy industry professionals for his script Near Death. The runners-up, ...

Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has apologised for a lewd comedy sketch he filmed with a teenage model more than a decade ago. In the 2012 skit for the Funny Or Die website, Alexander rubbed a mobile ...

OJ Simpson’s scene of experiencing increasingly unfortunate mishaps right after being shot multiple times is an absolute classic. Sicko Rory Cargill praises multiple murderer, there’s your headline.

LONDON: The Nice N' Spiky Comedy Festival features 14 tour and Edinburgh Fringe previews across two Signature Brew venues in one day - Blackhorse Road and Haggerston – kicking off at 11.30am. Acts ...

Mock The Week has been commissioned for three more series to run across next year. The news follows the run of ‘summer specials’ for the revived panel show on the TLC channel, and ahead of series two ...

Katherine Ryan is to host a new TV panel show based on Top Trumps. Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson will be captains in the show, currently known by the working title Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack. It is ...