Iannucci starts work on David Copperfield

13/06/2017 … Armando Iannucci has started work on his adaptation of David Copperfield.

The Stand's Tommy Sheppard bids to lead SNP in Westmister

Comedy club owner confirms his intentions

13/06/2017 … Stand comedy club founder Tommy Sheppard has formally announced he is bidding to lead the SNP in Westminster.

Comics unite for Manchester terror victims

Including BGT's Daliso Chaponda

13/06/2017 …  Manchester’s Frog & Bucket comedy club is to stage a fundraising night for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack and their families.

Michael Palin donates his archive to the British Library

50 volumes of Python notes and letters

13/06/2017 … Michael Palin has donated more than 50 notebooks to the British Library.

Kathy Lette announces first comedy tour

Comic author to hit the road

12/06/2017 … Comic author Kathy Lette is to embark on her first live comedy tour.

Look who's guarding the Crystal Maze!

Adam Buxton and Jessica Hynes make cameos

12/06/2017 … Adam Buxton and Jessica Hynes are to make cameo appearances in the new series of The Crystal Maze.

Lindsay Lohan joins Sky comedy Sick Note

With Rupert Grint and Nick Frost

12/06/2017 … Lindsay Lohan has joined Rupert Grint and Nick Frost in the Sky comedy Sick Note.

'I’m just flabbergasted...'

Billy Connolly wowed by the giant murals of himself

11/06/2017 … Billy Connolly has visited the giant murals of himself in Glasgow – and given them the thumbs-up.