Lucy Beaumont 'joins Celebrity Traitors'
Comedian is the next star name linked to the BBC reality show
Lucy Beaumont has become the latest comedian linked to Celebrity Traitors. The…
Ahoy Hoy! Danny Baker's back on the road
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Brum, Brum! Joe Lycett's off on his travels
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
Garry Starr wins Melbourne festival's top award
Garry Starr’s Classic Penguins has been named…
Alex Horne writes his first children's book
Alex Horne has written his first children’s book,…
Now Joe Wilkinson joins Celebrity Traitors too
Joe Wilkinson has reportedly joined the cast of Celebrity…
Award set up in memory of Marie Goulbourne
A new award for up-and-coming comedians has been set…
Jimmy Carr asks: Am I The A**hole?
Jimmy Carr is to host a new Comedy Central panel show in which comedians pass judgment…
The Melbourne comedy festival award nominees for 2025 are...
Ahir Shah, Flo And Joan’s One Man Musical and Olga Koch are among the nominees…
Helen Lederer joins Fawlty Towers
Helen Lederer is joining the cast of the Fawlty Towers play when it returns to the…
Nick Mohammed 'signs up for Celebrity Traitors'
Nick Mohammed has reportedly signed up to appear on the BBC’s Celebrity Traitors. The…
Paul Whitehouse and Nick Frost cast in Harry Potter series
Paul Whitehouse is to play Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the new TV adaption…
Ofcom criticises Katherine Ryan for plugging products on live TV
Katherine Ryan went too far in gushing about a brand she had been paid to promote…
Tour news
Features
What did Baldrick think his first name was?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Why Britain has failed to remake American comedy formats before
Before this fourth and final of my observations, I want to say that one area that…
2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews
All our reviews from the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Dan…
'A lot of people in the comedy world are downright hostile towards faith'.
The new series of Pilgrimage airs this way as seven famous faces of differing faiths …
Reviews
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Harry Hill: New Bits & Greatest Hits
Winchester Theatre Royal
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Lou Sanders: No Kissing in the Bingo Hall
Plymouth Quad Theatre
Thursday 24th Apr from 19:30Book now
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Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included
Haddington Corn Exchange
Friday 25th Apr
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Rich Hall: Chin Music
Glasgow Glee Club
Wednesday 30th Apr from 19:30Book now
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Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble
Nairn Community and Arts Centre
Saturday 12th Jul from 19:00Book now
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Natalie Palamides: Weer
Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Wednesday 7th May from 20:00Book now
Other news
West End new act finalists announced for 2025
The finalists of the 2025 West End New Act of the Year…
James Acaster to headline Ukraine fundraiser
James Acaster is to headline a major charity gig to…
Crime comedy Deep Cover to premiere at SXSW London
Deep Cover - the Amazon crime-comedy about a group of improv performers hired to…
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of its digital panel show Hear Me Out. YouTuber…
Sue Perkins to host Have I Got News For You
Sue Perkins is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time in a decade. The…
Dhinawan Baker is officially Deadly Funny
Dhinawan Baker has won this year's Deadly Funny title for First Nations…
Meet the BBC's newest radio comedy writers
Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson have been named as this year’s staff comedy…
Who's up for the 2025 Aria award for comedy?
The nominees for the leading awards in radio and podcasting have been announced Up…
Punching Up
Own a bit of Cheers
You could own a part of the Boston bar where everybody knows your name – if you have deep pockets. The front door to Cheers is going under the hammer, with…
What’s a comedian to do when they realise there’s…
Steve Coogan has said there will always be more Alan…
He may be an 82-year-old knight of the realm, but Sir…
Videos
Michael Odewale talks about his issues with conspiracy theorists, BBC scandals and watching 12 Years A Slave in this stand-up set.
It is the latest weekly clip released online under the Comedy Central Live banner.
Michael Odewale’s issues with conspiracy theorists
From Comedy Central Live
Kyle Gordon's 80s pop parody
Show returns to Channel 4 on May 1
Flo & Joan: Moments that will haunt us forever
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival