Dom Joly is take his Trigger Happy characters on tour. The comic has announced four UK dates to mark the 25th anniversary of his hidden-camera TV shoot. His live show will feature the giant snail, the ...

Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Charlie’s mum Bonnie on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has died at the age of 78. The ...

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: Comedian Rhys James – whose first novel was announced last week – returns to face a new batch of trivia challenges in a champions' week showdown with presenters Edith ...

Baby Reindeer won three prizes at last night’s Spirit Awards for independent TV and film, held in Santa Monica, California. Richard Gadd won for lead performance in a new scripted series, Nava Mau ...

BRIGHTON: Following a short run at London's Soho Theatre, quirky musical comedian Huge Davies hits the road proper with his new show Album For My Ancestors (Dead), starting at the Komedia and ending ...

Louise Atkinson has won Leicester Comedy Festival’s Comedian of the Year 2025 award. The comic, originally from Hull but now based in London, already has two Edinburgh hows under her belt, and has ...

Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series. The whimsical book is ...

The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum. The comedian broke the news on social media yesterday, saying he was ‘gutted’ at its disappearance, ...

American stand-ups Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silveman and Mark Normand have all announced UK dates this monrning. It what will be ...

Christopher Bliss breaks down the opening scene of his hard-edged soap opera Bangmouth Village in this creator’s commentary. He warns under-25s not to watch the footage, given it contains ‘some pretty ...

Camp comedian Craig Hill had hs first public success at the age of ten when he won a talent contest in his native East Kilbride, impersonating Cleo Laine. He never looked back, going on to enter dance ...

They say laughter is the best medicine… now patients are set to get comedy gigs on prescription. A scheme offering comedy to improve people's mental health and reduce NHS costs is being trialled in a ...