One stand-up will be able to call themselves the ‘Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year’ as a new competition launches at this year’s festival. Comic Will Marsm pictured, has set up the contest, which ...

Chris McCausland’s appearance on Strictly Comes Dancing has been nominated for the Memorable Moment Award at this year’s Baftas The comedian’s waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone with Dianne Buswell is ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week we celebrate Douglas Adams on what would ...

Matt Forde has become an ambassador for the Bone Cancer Research Trust It comes after the comedian and podcast was treated for chordoma, a form of primary bone cancer.

The comedian who called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage at a Donald Trump rally last year has landed a deal with Netflix. The streaming giant has announced that it will run three improvised ...

Not Going Out and Beyond Paradise are to be mashed up for a Comic Relief Sketch. Sally Bretton, plays the wives of both Lee Mack ’s character Lee in the sitcom and Kris Marshall’s character DI ...

Following his debut sell-out national tour, online comedy star Matt returns with brand new jokes about the state of politics, the world and himself. Matt has moved house and the world has moved into ...

Comedians playing at the Pleasance’s 41st festival include Rhys Darby, Josie Long, Andy Parsons, Hal Cruttenden, Chloe Petts, Marjolein Robertson and Elf Lyons, who will be reprising her ‘bird trilogy ...

In Amazon’s Last One Laughing, comedians are put into a reality TV-style ‘house’ and challenged to keep a straight face while other contestants try to make them crack. And, says Jimmy Carr, the format ...

Phil Wang is to host the Bafta Games Awards for the second year running. The comic is a lifelong gamer, starting with the Sega Saturn in the mid-90s. He says much of his childhood in Malaysia was ...

Sophie Duker has written her first novel about the ‘the dark realities of entertainment and TV.

The full line-up of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust comedy gig at the Royal Albert Hall has been revealed. Joining previously announced host Micky Flanagan on March 25 are Romesh ...