Damian Lewis and Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton have joined the cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton Abbey spoof, Fackham Hall. The period film – said to be in the vein of Airplane! and Monty Python – has been ...

Juno Birch’s shtick is that she’s from an alien world – well, Runcorn, really, but close enough – while insisting: ‘I come in peace’ ...

David Walliams and Matt Lucas are planning a podcast and a stage show – while they are also in talks with Netflix over a TV series. The pair were first linked to the streamer in 2022 when it was ...

Clarke – host of BBC Radio Scotland’s topical panel show Breaking The News – said: ‘It’s such a joy to be part of Hogmanay on BBC Scotland. 2024 has been filled with so many incredible moments, and I ...

The comic has now performed in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Mandarin and the Indian language of Konkani.

James Acaster has told of how he once missed an international gig – because he’d binged on too much ice-cream. The comedian said he went into a ‘hibernation state’ after gouging himself on Ben & Jerry ...

ITV police comedy Piglets has been commissioned for a second series, star Ricky Champ has revealed. The show got a mixed reaction when it launched in July – as well as criticism from the Police ...

Stephen Colbert has the perfect answer for those who said a Donald Trump victory is good for satirists. Speaking on The Late Show after the election vote came in, the comedian said: ‘As a late-night ...

ITV has orderer a third and fourth series of Alan Carr’s semi autobiographical comedy Changing Ends. News of the two six-episode seasons comes after the first two series were streamed more than 13 ...

Bristol is to get another comedy festival, it has been announced today. The city already hosts the Slapstick festival of vintage comedy in February and the Comedy Garden’s vast marquee in the summer.

Energy was relatively muted for the first half of the ‘World Series’ final, though not for the want of trying by gregarious compere Hayley Ellis, with her chipper banter and relatable anecdotes, ...

Joel Dommett has announced a new tour for 2025, Happy Idiot. The news comes days after it was announced that the Masked Singer presenter would be hosting the new ITV2 spin-off series I’m A ...