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 ...

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.

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

​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 ...