Ben Elton has extended his Authentic Stupidity tour into 2025. The 65-year-old comic has added 34 new dates in January and February, taking the total to 82 shows, including a newly-announced West End ...

Dave Chappelle had the most-watched stand-up special on Netflix in the first six months of the year. His controversial show The Dreamer, which was released on New Year’s Eve, attracted 17.4million ...

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 ...

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 ...

The newspaper has since added a correction, noting: ‘An earlier version of this article misidentified an accessory worn by Richard Gadd. It was a sporran, a pouch traditionally worn with a kilt, not a ...

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 ...

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, ...

The BBC is to air the American version of Have I Got News For You as the Presidential election heats up. The ten-part series, hosted by comedian and former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr, ...

The Mona Lisa Scott-Lee, is a homage to the most famous portrait in art, with Steps member Lisa Scott-Lee acting his idol and muse. She is portrayed holding a copy of bandmate Cheryl's memoirs, My ...

Katherine Ryan has revealed that her husband Bobby Koostra is a conspiracy theorist who thinks the Americans faked the moon landings. Speaking on the Dish podcast, the comedian says he’s a ‘hillbilly’ ...