Christopher Bliss breaks down the opening scene of his hard-edged soap opera Bangmouth Village in this creator’s commentary. He warns under-25s not to watch the footage, given it contains ‘some pretty ...

Everyone knows comedy works best in slightly shabby low-ceilinged rooms, preferably underground. Yet Cadogan Hall, just off the very well-heeled Sloane Square in Chelsea, is an elegant concert hall ...

Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series. The whimsical book is ...

The semi-finalists for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award. Aspiring stand-ups will appear in five showcases next month in the hope of following the likes of Joe Lycett, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Ed ...

Our fifth and final showcase takes place at The Gaffe comedy club in Bristol next Tuesday, February 25, with Sally-Anne ...

A wonderful, timeless alchemy of superb writing, memorable characters and sublime performances have ensured that this comedy about three isolated, eccentric priests and their batty housekeeper, living ...

The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum. The comedian broke the news on social media yesterday, saying he was ‘gutted’ at its disappearance, ...

Less British content is watched in Italy overall, and most of it dubbed. However, stand-up comedy was far more popular there compared to the other countries looked at. Overall, fantasy/sci-fi, ...

Susie brings another barnstormer of a show to Edinburgh – on the back of her very own BBC Scotland stand-up special and four years selling out shows at Glasgow King's Theatre. Seen on Live at the ...

As part of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, the US comedy institution released this real of ever one of its cast members - with their original on-screen intros. Look out for some famous faces… ...

Rosie Jones, Shazia Mirza, Katie Norris, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to take to the the catwalk in a series of fundraising gigs. It will be the second year that designer Bo Carter has staged her ...

American stand-ups Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silveman and Mark Normand have all announced UK dates this monrning. It what will be ...