John Cleese says he has a problem with ‘the literal-minded’ responding to his comedy, as they don’t get the jokes. Speaking at he launch of the stage version of Fawlty Towers in London, the comic said ...

Tributes have been paid to Irish comedian Michael Downey, after his family announced his death yesterday. A former accountant, he emerged on to the stand-up scene in 2001, when he came in joint third ...

ITV has dropped its sitcoms Ruby Speaking and Count Abdulla. The broadcaster has confirmed that neither show will be returning for a second series, having been launched on their ITVX streaming service ...

Dane Baptiste has admitted to a ‘massive error of judgement’ after issuing a chilling death threat to a female Jewish comedian. The stand-up is battling to save his career after publicly posting a ...

Jason Manford is to star in the London premiere of the Broadway musical Something Rotten! A concert version of the show, without full staging, will run for just three performances at the Theatre Royal ...

Seann Walsh is to star in a new touring production of the classic comedy play Art. The comic will appear alongside Chris Harper, who plays Nathan Curtis in Coronation Street, and Aden Gillett, Jack ...

Here’s the trailer for series 4 of Young Offenders. The show returns to BBC One next Friday, May 10, after a three-year ...

Jason Manford is to star in the London premiere of the Broadway musical Something Rotten! A concert version of the show, without full staging, will run for just three performances at the Theatre Royal ...

Glenn Moore was nominated for best show at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. As a newcomer he was runner-up in the 2011 Chortle Student Comedy Award, and finalist in So You Think You're Funny 2012 ...

Rob Rouse got his first break in comedy by winning the So You Think You're Funny? new act competition in 1998. As well as stand-up, he also performed as part of the Big And Daft trio with Ian ...

ITV has brought the rights to US sci-fi comedy Slip. The series was written by New Yorker Zoe Lister-Jones, who starts as Mae Cannon, a 30-something woman who travels through parallel universes trying ...

Mark Heap and Sarah Parish are to star in Piglets, the new comedy set in a fictional police training college, ITV has announced. The six-part show comes from the team behind Smack The Pony and Green ...