Madeleine Brettingham won the Beat The Frog World Series contest for new stand-ups at Manchester's Frog and Bucket comedy club last night. It follows her success in taking the So You Think You’re ...

Jason Manford is to return to the stage in the comedy musical Something Rotten! in Manchester next summer.

Johnny Vegas has been announced as the November featured artist for Draw!, a nationwide drawing project presented by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Backed by Bradford-born artist David Hockney, the ...

Jimmy Carr appeared on Jimmy Fallon's US chat show last night to talk about his weird laugh. He also told his mum, who was narcoleptic, had a weird laugh – and how trying to make her crack up might ...

Greg Davies and Alex Horne are set to take Taskmaster on the road. Avalon, the producers of the Channel 4 show and a major player in the world of live comedy promotion, are looking to put together a ...

Sara Pascoe’s debut novel has won a literary prize handed out in honour of the late Jilly Cooper. The comedian's book Weirdo scooped a new accolade named in honour of the Rivals and Riders author – ...

Harriet’s life has been in constant chaos for as long as she can remember — but what happens when things finally start to go right for the multi-award-winning comedian? Harriet makes a triumphant ...

Filming has begun on Josh Pugh ’s Channel 4 sitcom. Stepping Up. The comedian writes and stars in the six-part series, described as an ‘original take on the modern family dynamic’. He pays a stepdad, ...

Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Chris McCausland 's panel show You Heard It Here First. In the show, the comic and Strictly winner explores what it’s like to live in an audio-only world, ...

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been making headline both sides of the Atlantic after being stripped of his titles and Royal Lodge residence. And on this week’s Have I Got News For You US, the panel ...

SCOTT BENNETT: BLOOD SUGAR BABY: An adaptation of the comic’s stand-up show about how his daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition called congenital hyperinsulinism. Read our review of the live ...

The shortlist for the best joke of the Nottingham comedy festival have been announced, Chosen from gags submitted in advance by comics performing at the festival, which kicked off on Friday, hey are: ...