Sharon Horgan is to play the mother of Amanda Knox in a new mini-series about the American wrongly jailed for murder in Italy. The Bad Sisters and Catastrophe co-creator will play the ‘desperate but ...

Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club is to launch a weekly all-female comedy night, just days after being called out for the lack of women on its bills. Crushing! kicks off next Thursday, compered by ...

Judi Love and Julian Barratt are to voice a new CBBC animated series Super Happy Magic Forest. Fellow comics Greg McHugh and Spencer Jones are also in the cast of the show based on the books of the ...

So ultimately, I did embark upon a high-risk and unusual profession. Much as I can share the feelings of people like him who don’t want to take risks in their lives and don’t want new experiences, ...

Ben Elton is well aware of his evolution from the politicised firebrand who was the public face of 1980s alternative comedy to elder statesman of the stand-up scene, valiantly trying to battle ...

Oasis might not be the only big-name 1990s double act heading for a reunion. Vic Reeves has revealed he is planning a one-off comeback gig at Wembley Stadium with Bob Mortimer. But he said his ...