The Funny Women Awards 2025 - sponsored by BBC Studios - have been announced, with entry now open for the Stage, Comedy ...

Fawlty Towers, Kenny Everett and Benny Hill are the subjects of new Channel 5 documentaries about controversies that have ...

A guide to The Cancellation Of Benny Hill, the 2025 Channel 5 TV documentary. Documentary looking at Benny Hill's ...

When you think of a number, then you think of Johnny Ball. He was a regular face on TV in the 1970s and 80s, with shows like Play School, Play Away, Cabbages And Kings and the BAFTA winning Think Of A ...

Seven Dials Playhouse, the venue in London's Covent Garden, is set to establish a new sketch comedy collective, taking inspiration from the iconic Los Angeles comedy company The Groundlings, whose ...

It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time it's the return of Geoff Norcott, who is heading on tour this Autumn with the excitingly-titled Basic Bloke 2: No Bloke without Fire.

People take long shots all the time, hoping to achieve something big even when the odds are not in their favour. Take the example of betting, which has now become a popular pastime in the digital ...

Esther Manito is to set out on her biggest UK tour to date, performing her stand-up show Slagbomb between September 2025 and February 2026. The blurb explains: "Slagbomb takes a nosedive into the ...

Is stand-up a transferable skill? Apparently so for Lewis Costello, who recently announced his new tour at his other weekend workplace, the ground Alan Shearer and Kenny Dalglish once also graced: ...

Paddy Young's stand-up show Hungry, Horny, Scared is now available to watch via YouTube. Produced and distributed by 800 Pound Gorilla, the special is based on the comic's debut stand-up show. First ...

At the height of his fame in the 1970s, Kenneth Williams was asked to record excerpts from the Bible. Those recordings are to be broadcast for the first time on Radio 4 this April as part of a ...

Fawlty Towers, the 1970s written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, remains one of the most iconic and beloved television comedies of all time. Among its memorable characters is Manuel, the ...