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.

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Damian Lewis and Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton have joined the cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton Abbey spoof, Fackham Hall. The period film – said to be in the vein of Airplane! and Monty Python – has been ...

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

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 ...

Maisie Adam was winner of So You Think You're Funny? new act competition at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and was then nominated for best newcomer at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Her first TV ...