Milton Jones and Phil Wang will be performing at this year’s Royal Variety Performance, to be hosted by Jason Manford. It will be Manford’s third time as host – and the sixth time he has appeared on ...

Harry Hill has made a ‘gloriously absurd dark comedy’ film about an 86-year-old woman who gives birth to a ‘weird’ child. Richard Ayoade is the on-screen narrator for The Jillon, which stars Flip ...

A celebrity is currently seeking a High Court injunction to prevent the release of serious allegations about his conduct over several years, including the claim that he committed a sexual offence. As ...

Bill Bailey has lent his voice to a comedy nature documentary based around World Of Warcraft. The comic offers a guide to the planet Azeroth to promote the release of a new game set there, World Of ...

From the rafters of Lancaster’s Grand Theatre, Roy Chubby Brown is a difficult man to measure.

Guz Khan has revealed the dark story behind how he bought his first house. When the Man Like Mobeen star first married Amena, they lived in a converted attic in his mum’s family home in Coventry.

​Nick Mohammed has told how he was disqualified from a Magic Circle audition for using an audience stooge. Before going into comedy, the Ted Lasso and Celebrity Traitors star worked professionally as ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Speaking at the upbeat memorial event, she said: ‘He ploughed his own furrow, and he went where destiny led him. He did not follow a straight path or pursue the easy option. He was always thinking ...