LONDON: Craig Ferguson - the comic who launched his career as Bing Hitler in Scotland before going on to be a hit late-nigth TV host in the States – is back in the UK, and back doing stand-up. He's at ...

CHURCHILL'S BUST: When Donald Trump puts the bust of Churchill back in The Oval Office, after several years absence, Winston becomes increasingly disturbed at what he is witnessing. Jon Culshaw and ...

Dawn French has 'unreservedly' apologised after she was accused of making light of Hamas's October 7 terror attacks on Israel. The Vicar of Dibley star was widely crticised for a social media post in ...

A new live version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is to open in London later this year.

A Brazilian comedian has been jailed for eight years and three months for making offensive jokes in a stand-up special. A federal court in São Paulo said Leo Lins’s work contributed to ‘the spread of ...

Scottish stand-up Darren Connell has created a comedy short for Channel 4. The comic – best known as Bobby Muir in Scot Squad – stars in Rest Easy Gerry Boy as a character called Darren, as well as ...

The Greenwich Comedy Festival has announced the line-up for this year’s event, being held in a marquee in the Old Royal Naval College. Acts appearing from September 17 to 21 include Ed Gamble, Frankie ...

Sam Campbell stars as Long Head in a series of off-the-wall animated shorts from Australia. The sketches were first released on TikTok last year, but now they are finding a less transient home on ...

The first series of Glenn Moore ’s Almanac ran in 2023, with four episodes liking major world events with his own life. Now a new run is to be recorded at Hoxton Hall in East London on July 15 and 21.

Ministers ‘will do everything to support’ the British comedy industry, the Leader of House Of Commons has pledged. Speaking at the Despatch Box yesterday, Lucy Powell agreed that ‘the comedy sector is ...

Writers are invited to submit their comedy scripts to a Fringe show that will stage their work with a cast of top comedians. The shows, to be performed at Monkey Barrel Comedy, will be directed Ed Bye ...

Diane Morgan has admitted she thought she’d never be asked to take part in the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? – after mocking it on screen. ‘I thought I’d blown it after I did a spoof of it in my ...