Stand-up specials from some of Britain’s top comics are to be aired on BBC Sounds. The broadcaster has acquired existing specials from the likes of Romesh Ranganathan, Jimmy Carr, and Sarah Millican ...

Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t is produced by Avalon, who also made the 2020 TV revival as well as the musical. One of the 1980s show’s original creators, Roger Law, is an executive producer on ...

Sky has released the trailer for the second season of Mr Bigstuff, starring Danny Dyer and Harriet Webb alongside series creator Ryan Sampson. The first series ended with the news that the father of ...

Sir Lenny Henry is to be honoured with an outstanding achievement award, at this year’s Edinburgh TV festival for ‘a career that has helped shape the landscape of British television and culture’.

Here he talks to JAY RICHARDSON – about doing stand-up on his own terms, about becoming a public face of Parkinson’s – and the time he nearly landed a major record deal… Well, I say this cautiously ...

The Czech Republic came out top of a study to find the ‘funniest nation’, with a strong line in self-deprecating humour. Portugal came second followed by Ireland, Belgium, Chile, Greece and Australia.

The constants for series 20 of Taskmaster have been announced, They are stand-ups Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam and Phil Ellis, plus Inside No 9’s Reece Shearsmith and Goodness Gracious Me Sanjeev ...

Meanwhile Peaked, the Channel 4 Comedy Blap pilot set in rural Derbyshire from double act Ada Player and Bron Waugh was named best short-form scripted show and animated CBBC sitcom Super Happy Magic ...

Tom Davis has announced a new tour, Spudgun. It comes after his debut tour, Underdog sold more than 70,000 tickets and was turned into a Sky special. The comic is known for his acting appearances on ...

Dates: July 19-20 Where? Wollaton Park, Nottingham Comedy line-up: Phil Nichol, Scott Bennett, Paul McCaffrey, Kathryn Mather, Karen Bayley Music acts include: Bloc Party, Jake Bugg, Kaiser Chiefs, ...

Brace yourself! Foil Arms and Hog take the crown for filling this dentist sketch with puns, and ain’t that the tooth.