Laura Monmoth scoops 'breaking talent' prize
Success at Birmingham Comedy Festival
07/10/2018 … Laura Monmoth has won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2018.
Sun 07 October 2018
Brett Kavanaugh post-game celebrations
07/10/2018 … Saturday Night Live have portrayed senators celebrating the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court like a drunken locker-room party.
Billy Connolly: I want a grand funeral parade
Comic talks death, Robin Williams and his hopes of returning to stand-up
07/10/2018 … Billy Connolly has said he would like a grand funeral procession through the streets of Glasgow when he dies.
Sat 06 October 2018
Seann Walsh wows the Strictly judges
...but his off-screen antics make the papers
06/10/2018 … Seann Walsh has undergone a remarkable turnaround in his Strictly Come Dancing fortunes.
© BBC Groundbreaking comedy writer Ray Galton dies at 88
'The laughter will last for evermore'
06/10/2018 … Comedy writing legend Ray Galton died at the age of 88, his family has announced.
A very bitter slice of Pie
06/10/2018 … The week's best comedy on demand.
Comedy Central Live
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Hoglands Park, Southampton
06/10/2018 … Comedy Central might have had trouble attracting punters to its first live festival – surely not helped by the fact it would have initially cost £90…
Michael McIntyre breaks O2 record
Comic sells more than 400,000 tickets at London venue
06/10/2018 … Michael McIntyre has broken a box office record at the O2.