Adam Riches announces first UK tour
'Restraining orders at the ready'
06/11/2018 … Edinburgh favourite Adam Riches is to embark on his first ever UK tour.
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Is this the funniest joke in Ireland?
05/11/2018 … Stand-up and firefighter Paul Marsh has won a competition to find Ireland’s funniest joke.
Found in Sierra Leone... the lost Morecambe and Wise
Screening for episode lost for 50 years
05/11/2018 … Two missing episodes of Morecambe and Wise’s TV shows have been recovered from a derelict cinema in Sierra Leone after being lost for 50 years.
Comedy Central to air Bobby And Harriet Get Married
'Reality sitcom' to find a larger audience
05/11/2018 … The ‘reality sitcom’ made around the marriage of comedians Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley is to air on Comedy Central.
Stephen Bailey joins Coronation Street
'Dream role' for comedian in next week's episodes
05/11/2018 … Comedian Stephen Bailey is to make a guest appearance on Coronation Street.
© BBC Is Mrs Brown's Boys coming to an end?
05/11/2018 … Mrs Brown's Boys could come to an end next year, the show's creator Brendan O’Carroll has said.
Baftas for Iannucci, Scot Squad and Elaine C Smith
...and for Susan Calman's cancelled BBC show
05/11/2018 … Armando Iannucci, Scot Squad and Elaine C Smith have all picked up Scottish Baftas.
Bye, Mum
BBC Two comedy to end next year
05/11/2018 … BBC Two’s acclaimed sitcom Mum is to end with its third series next year.