Bristol has always punched above its weight when producing comedians, and the city’s new comedy festival – in addition to the big-name Comedy Garden and vintage Slapstick Festival celebrations – aims ...

Highly acclaimed US comedy Hacks is coming to British TV. Sky has snapped up the rights to the show about fictional Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, who is forced to reinvent ...

The BBC has released the trailer for its Motherland spin-off Amandaland. The London-set comedy revolves around Lucy Punch’s snobbish character Amanda having to downsize post-divorce and move away from ...

Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander faces police action after making a pun about the word ‘ham’ deemed to have mocked Islam. The stand-up posted a joke on social media about an iced coffee drink called ...

Producers of Noel Fielding ’s abandoned Dick Turpin comedy are hoping to salvage enough footage to be able to make an hour-long special, it has been suggested. Work on Apple TV+’s big-budget escapade ...

Born and raised in the West Country, Bill Bailey showed an early passion for music, forming the school band Behind Closed Doors. It was also at school that he acquired the nickname Bill, thanks to a ...

Vislor Antilly, the German Shepherd who played Brandy, Ricky Gervais ’ sidekick in After Life, has died at the age of 13. In 2018, Gervais cast Anti as the companion of his character Tony Johnson as ...

• Glamrou: Drag Mother is at Soho Theatre at 9.15pm until Saturday before an American tour in March.

Sky has released the trailer for its forthcoming series Small Town, Big Story, described as a 'very dramatic comedy’. Written by Chris O’Dowd, the show stars Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks as a ...

The line-up has been announced for the 19th series of Taskmaster. The contestants for the new run, coming soon to Channel 4, are: Greg Davies returns as Taskmaster with Alex Horne as its faithful ...

Brassic is to end after its seventh series airs this year, Sky has announced. The show, which launched in 2019, is the most watched Sky original comedy of all time, and will be bowing out on a high, ...

The line-up for this year’s Alpine comedy festival Altitude has been announced. Jason Byrne, Tim Vine, Justin Moorhouse, Jessica Fostekew, and Phil Ellis are among those playing the Austrian ski ...