Actor and character comedian who was nominated for the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award for his show, Lance about Lance Armstrong, in 2016 for Maestro, about his teenage attempts to write a symphony, and ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's quiz is all about game shows. Good ...

Forever In The Sunshine – which is out later this month – is the fifth book Gary Morecambe has written about the enduring comedy pair . Subtitled ‘the story of Morecambe and Wise as only family can ...

Daliso Chaponda is to make his first appearance of Have I Got News For You. The British-based Zambian-born Malawian stand-up – who was a finalist in the 2017 series of Britain's Got Talent – will be ...

Alasdair Beckett-King has announced a tour of his 2022 Edinburgh Fringe show Nevermore. The comic, children’s author and successful YouTube creator will be playing 23 dates from March to May next year ...

Lou Sanders has been named as the eighth celebrity to be taking part in the next series of Dancing On Ice. Revealing the news exclusively to Nihal Arthanayake on Radio Five Live today, the comedian ...

Comedian turned author Caimh McDonnell has signed a deal for three more novels in his comic fantasy series, The Stranger Times. The new deal will start with Relight My Fire, being published on ...

Penn himself, above, says: ‘Kick's brand of irreverence is so charged by an enthusiasm for all things considered inappropriate – from ball-sacks, to fame, idiots and intellectuals, and finally to that ...

Panel shows like Have I Got News For You, Buzzcocks and They Think It's All Over paved the way for an easy-access money-saving trend in televised comedy for years to come. Lee and Herring managed to ...

It has been released as part of BBC Scotland's Short Stuff series.

Rory McGrath and Philip Pope star in a new parody of TV cookery shows, released as a limited edition CD. In The Two TV Chefs – which has been written by McGrath, the pair play Mick and Dandy, friends ...

It’s been almost three years since the last episode, and now David Mitchell has confirmed the BBC has dropped Upstart Crow. However the actor said he would love to make more episodes, and hoped ...