Juno Birch’s shtick is that she’s from an alien world – well, Runcorn, really, but close enough – while insisting: ‘I come in peace’ ...

Rachel Fairburn started doing stand up in January 2007, and was a finalist in both the Funny Women and City Life North-West Comedian Of The Year competitions the following year.

David Walliams and Matt Lucas are planning a podcast and a stage show – while they are also in talks with Netflix over a TV series. The pair were first linked to the streamer in 2022 when it was ...

Clarke – host of BBC Radio Scotland’s topical panel show Breaking The News – said: ‘It’s such a joy to be part of Hogmanay on BBC Scotland. 2024 has been filled with so many incredible moments, and I ...

The comic has now performed in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Mandarin and the Indian language of Konkani.

James Acaster has told of how he once missed an international gig – because he’d binged on too much ice-cream. The comedian said he went into a ‘hibernation state’ after gouging himself on Ben & Jerry ...

Stephen Colbert has the perfect answer for those who said a Donald Trump victory is good for satirists. Speaking on The Late Show after the election vote came in, the comedian said: ‘As a late-night ...

ITV police comedy Piglets has been commissioned for a second series, star Ricky Champ has revealed. The show got a mixed reaction when it launched in July – as well as criticism from the Police ...

ITV has orderer a third and fourth series of Alan Carr’s semi autobiographical comedy Changing Ends. News of the two six-episode seasons comes after the first two series were streamed more than 13 ...

Bristol is to get another comedy festival, it has been announced today. The city already hosts the Slapstick festival of vintage comedy in February and the Comedy Garden’s vast marquee in the summer.

Energy was relatively muted for the first half of the ‘World Series’ final, though not for the want of trying by gregarious compere Hayley Ellis, with her chipper banter and relatable anecdotes, ...

Maisie Adam’s stand-up show Appraisal is to air on Sky Comedy. The comedian’s latest tour show was filmed in Harrogate Theatre – in her home town – last month and will be broadcast some time in ...