Still Game stars Jane McCarry and Mark Cox are reuniting for a new stage drama. The pair who played Isa and miserly Tam in the BBC sitcom have been cast in a new play about a Catholic primary school ...

Ed Gamble is to host a new panel show in which teams of comedians compete to win a live studio audience over to their most outrageous opinions. Richard Ayoade and Joanne McNally will be the team ...

The revived Mock The Week has been commissioned for a second series Hosted by Dara Ó Briain, the topical panel show returned to British screens in February 2026 after a four-year absence, with ...

Rosie Jones is to appear in her first movie. The comedian has been cast in the dark comedy Bad Major alongside White Lotus star Jason Isaacs and Frozen’s Josh Gad.

Amazon's Prime Video has released the trailer for the second series of Last One Laughing, ...

Michael Harris-Wakelam, CEO of Big Difference, the charity behind the festival, said: ‘’2026 has marked another exceptional year for Leicester Comedy Festival, with the quality and diversity of the ...

Chris Ramsey and Iain Stirling are to record their latest tour shows as stand-up specials. They will both be taped at Soho Theatre Walthamstow, in North-East London, on April 22 and 24. It follows the ...

Eva Peroni has become the second finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award. Already a regular on the Scottish circuit, the 21-year-old is in the second year of a global law degree at ...

Junior Simpson has retired from stand-up having been diagnosed with vascular dementia. The condition – caused by reduced blood flow to the brain – comes after the 62-year-old suffered a number of ...

Paul Smith’s last tour is to be released in more than 350 UK cinemas next month. Pablo Live was filmed at Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre with distributors saying the 85-minute release ‘captures the chaos, ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week it's all 007-themed. Good luck!