Saturday Night Live's Michael Che announces UK date
01/02/2018 … Saturday Night Live star Michael Che has announced his first London show in three years.
Thu 01 February 2018
Barry Crimmins diagnosed with cancer
01/02/2018 … Pioneering American comedian and campaigner Barry Crimmins has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer.
© Matt Crockett Tape Face gets stuck into Vegas
Three-year residency for America’s Got Talent finalist
01/02/2018 … Tape Face is to embark on a three-year residency in Las Vegas.
Wed 31 January 2018
Revealed: Why John Oliver had to go to America to find success
Apparently his accent is more acceptable there...
31/01/2018 … Channel 4 once turned down John Oliver as host of a satirical show because they didn’t like his accent.
Reginald D Hunter returns to Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance announces its first shows of 2018
31/01/2018 … Reginald D Hunter, mindreader Colin Cloud and Improvised musical Showstopper! are all heading back to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Fool's gold
Treasure hunters unearth a haul of Detectorist props
31/01/2018 … It was a like a scene from Detectorists – and with very good reason.
Adam Hills joins The Wire
31/01/2018 … Adam Hills is to join the Warrington Wolves rugby league team this weekend, playing in the sport's first game for disabled players.
Cassetteboy remixes the Trump-Morgan interview
31/01/2018 … The Trump-Morgan interview has been criticised as nothing more than a love-in – and now mash-up maestro Cassetteboy has made that explicit.