Aisling Bea is again hosting a food drive and benefit gigs for Hackney Foodbank. She and her comedy friends will be taking over the Bill Murray in Islington, North London, on the afternoon of December ...

It might have revitalised his career – as well as his own love of comedy – but Ted Danson has admitted he initially hated Curb Your Enthusiasm. He said when he and wife Mary Steenburgen watched the ...

Brett Goldstein’s new comedy film will land on Apple TV+ next year, after the tech giant’s film division snapped up the title. Set in the near future when a test scientifically matches people up with ...

The Chortle Hotshots scheme is open to any stand-up, sketch team or musical, character or clowning act performing their first 50-minute-plus show in the comedy section of the Fringe programme for at ...

Former Cambridge Footlights president who won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the start of his stand-up career. He was one of the contestants in series seven of Taskmaster in 2018 - the same ...

Speaking to Chris Moyles on his Radio X breakfast show this morning, the comic recalled said: ‘There was a giant stiletto platform boot that was the size of a child, that was above the stage ...

They’re saying Drem is the name of the new live sketch show from Aunty Donna They’re saying it’s the funniest show that’s ever been made. They’re saying buy tickets for you and your friends and family ...

• Gavin & Stacey: The Finale will air at 9pm on Christmas Day and the behind-the-scenes documentary Gavin & Stacey: A Fond ...

Kiwi comedy duo Two Hearts have written a comedy series about an eccentric American billionaire hiding in New Zealand. Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore’s eight-part series The Sanctuary has just been ...

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 questions are all about the Royal ...

David Frost almost scuppered Monty Python’s Flying Circus by refusing to release John Cleese from his contract, a memo fromn the BBC archives reveals.

Stand-up Gearóid Farrelly is to take part in Dancing With The Stars, Ireland’s version of Strictly Come Dancing. The 47-year-old comedian will take to the dancefloor with a male dance partner, who has ...