Shona McCarthy is stepping down as chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society after nearly a decade at the helm. She will leave her role in the spring, having taken the organisation ...

Two sitcom pairings are to be reunited in separate reality TV projects Men Behaving Badly stars Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes are getting back together for a new travelogue. While the Royle ...

Yet Google ‘Terry Wogan’ today and you don't get the Radio 2 legend, but an image of comedian Benjamin Alborough. The stand-up loosely impersonates the talk-show pioneer in a cult live show – which ...

Sketch group Sheeps have recorded a Christmas album, with the aid of several of the big-name comedy friends. Ghosts stars Lolly Adefope and Charlotte Ritchie, State Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou ...

Hip-hop and RnB radio station Capital Xtra is to host a charity comedy night at London’s Hippodrome. Andrew Mensah will compare the gig on October 24 with acts including Axel Blake, Kae Kurd, Kyrah ...

‘Wokeness’ isn’t killing comedy – and the people who say it is are often comedians who aren’t funny. That’s the view of veteran TV producer Jon Plowman, who says commentators who claim comedy is ...

Ben Elton is to receive next year’s ‘comedy legend’ award at the Slapstick comedy festival. The celebration of classic comedy returns to Bristol from February 12 to 16 for its 20th anniversary.

Ricky Gervais has announced the first few European arena dates for his new stand-up show Mortality. He will be playing Lisbon, Paris, Dublin, Vienna, Oslo and Zurich, in the first half of 2025 with ...

John Bishop has announced an arena tour to make his 25 years in comedy – with all tickets costing £25.

My friend (and brilliant comedian), Sunjai Arif, said that losing Gina Yashere to the USA was one of Britain’s greatest ...

STEVENS & McCARTHY: Louise McCarthy and Gayle Telfer Stevens return for a third series of their fast-paced sketch comedy show. BBC One Scotland, 10.40pm.