Sara Pascoe has revealed how she was fired from a panel show after ‘freezing’ on set. The comedian was a regular on Wall Of Fame, a show on Sky One hosted by David Walliams that aired in 2011, ...

Hasan Al-Habib is a dependable gag-driven club-style comic as well as a stand-up with a story to tell. However, the two sides to his craft don’t always sit together satisfyingly in a sophomore show, ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's questions are all themed around chemical ...

Gary Joel has been named the West End New (Old) Act of the Year. The London-based competition was set up by comic and promoter Steve McLean for acts over 35 who have been performing comedy for less ...

Ronni Ancona is joining the cast of BBC comedy Things You Should Have Done. The impressionist and recent EastEnders star has been shooting scenes for the third series of Lucia Keskin’s comedy in ...

Sky has announced a new stand-up showcase that looks very much like a successor to Live At The Apollo. John Bishop’s Comedy Night At The Coliseum will involve the host introducing a line-up of ...

Eric Idle has cancelled a book tour of Australia and New Zealand because of ill health. The 83-year-old Monty Python star recently published his book Idle In Provence: A Brief History Of Thyme, and ...

Jimmy Carr says comedy should be taught in schools as a vital communication skill. He said it is a more valuable skill than learning a musical instrument, explaining: ‘You will write down and order ...

The Ghosts film The Possession Of Button House has opened at No1 at the UK box office. The sitcom spin-off grossed £2.4million in its opening weekend, from 642 sites. That means it took an average of ...

Three new comedy shorts are coming to BBC One Wales and iPlayer. Dawn French and Richard Ayoade feature in one animated short in the series, which otherwise aims to showcase Welsh talent. The films – ...

Jack Dee, Seann Walsh and Sara Morgan have launched a new podcast based on solving listeners’ problems. Another Day Ruined – which was piloted as a live show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe – has been ...

Thirty years on, and The Fast Show isn’t short of fans. This reunion tour which started last year is running into next, and catchphrases – the word ‘arse’, specifically – are yelled before the cast ...