Paying tribute, Julia McKenzie, BBC Radio 4’s commissioner for comedy, said: ‘Bill Dare's contribution to comedy is unparalleled. He brought joy to so many listeners and his unique talent is hugely ...

It’s a measure perhaps, of the confidence and rude health of Scottish comedy right now, that this showpiece event at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival featured almost exclusively local acts ...

The official biography of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie’s double act has been updated for its paperback release next month. Originally published in 2019, the new version of Soupy Twists covers recent ...

Matthew Holness is writing a third Garth Marenghi comedy-horror book. The comedian will also tour the UK from October with readings from the title, This Bursted Earth.

Despite being largely pre or perhaps post-verbal, the troupe (Tom Greaves, Claire Parry and Coral Bevan) are engaging hosts who function more like a sketch group – crucially they come to the table ...

Rosco McClelland has won this year’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. The news was announced by the Big Yin himself via a video message played at the last-day gala of the Glasgow ...

Coyle and Sharpe are an amazing street-prank comedy team from the early 1960s in San Francisco. They had a radio show where ...

THE GREAT CELEBRITY BAKE OFF FOR STAND UP TO CANCER: Stand-up Phil Wang, Alma's Not Normal creator Sophie Willan and Black Ops star Gbemisola Ikumelo line up against presenter Kate Garraway, putting ...

He said: ‘Hear me out — Paddington’s a toxic bitch. He is an illegal immigrant, freeloading off a nice, gullible white family. His sticky little marmalade paws are just waiting to rip open that trench ...

LONDON: New Zealand's mime king, Trygve Wakenshaw, brings what was his first live show in seven years to the Soho Theatre for a week. When it debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, it earned the ...

Anna Rae George has been selected as the last finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award following a public vote.

Boarders star Josh Tedeku won the breakthrough award ahead of De Swarte and Sherwood actor Bethany Asher, with judges ...