Watch the video as comedian launches a (charity) bid for musical fame
28/04/2023 … Russell Kane has released his first ever single – a 1990s-style swing ballad inspired by his irritation at his wife Lindsey leaving her dirty laundry…
Five up-and-coming acts chosen
28/04/2023 … The first finalists for this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named following the first semi-final in London last night.
© Channel 4 / Sam Taylor 28/04/2023 … Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury have joined the cast of Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.
© C4 Hugo Chegwin on his surprise reappearance in The Curse
27/04/2023 … Hugo Chegwin made a surprise reappearance on Channel 4 comedy The Curse tonight – confounding fans who believed his character Phil had been killed in the first…
© BBC/James Stack Review of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's latest
27/04/2023 … In an interview to promote the return of Inside No 9, Reece Shearsmith teased that the new series was sometimes ‘quite gory… something that we haven’t…
Gbemisola Ikumelo on new comedy-thriller Black Ops
27/04/2023 … Famalam’s Gbemisola Ikumelo stars in the new BBC One comedy thriller, Black Ops, which she co-created with Akemnji Ndifornyen.
Comic recalls one of his strangest gigs
27/04/2023 … Having a reputation for off-the-wall comedy can backfire – as Harry Hill has revealed.
Reuben Kaye had riled the Christian right
27/04/2023 … Australian comedian and cabaret star Reuben Kaye has been forced to pull out of the Sydney Comedy Festival because of threatened protests from offended Christians.
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