Broadcast regulator Ofcom has demanded more information from the BBC about the impact and timetable of its £500million cuts. The watchdog says the Corporation has not provided a ‘clear picture' on the ...

Jerry Sadowitz is to sell his rarely-seen 1987 Total Abuse show on DVD – after stumbling across a cache in ‘an old drawer’. The show has become especially notable as the savagely offensive comic used ...

Saturday Night Live UK’s Freddie Meredith has been cast in the Christmas special of Death In Paradise. The news comes just two days after the BBC also announced that the comedian would be appearing in ...

Alan Carr, Fascinating Aïda and Mike Wozniak are among the first acts announced for next year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Carr, who appeared on Celebrity Traitors last year, plays three ...

Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright have distanced themselves from a remastered Blu-ray release of Spaced. Neither they nor co-creator Jessica Hynes had anything to do with the reissue of the cult ...

Sandi Toksvig has been awarded an honorary doctorate of science by Bournemouth university. It is her sixth honorary doctorate, having previously been made a doctor of letters by Portsmouth, York St ...

Rowan Atkinson has recorded a Christmas message for the British Red Cross to urge people to ‘believe in the power of humanity.’ The Mr Bean creator stars alongside Joely Richardson, The Witcher actor ...

HBO has renewed Sharon Horgan ’s comedy Youth for a second season. The Catastrophe co-creator Horgan stars in, writes, and executive produces the series about a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex ...

Breakneck Comedy Ltd went into liquidation during lockdown but in 2022, managing director Naz Hussain said the business, which primarily runs a club in Aberdeen, had 'come out the other end', adding: ...

• The Future Of Jokes by Robin Ince is published by Melville House UK tomorrow, priced £9.25 from Amazon – or for £9.49 from uk.bookshop.org, below, which supports independent bookstores.

Irish comedian Chris Watts, who poked fun at his albinism, was voted runner-up, with German-Indian stand-up Abi Mohanty coming third. The other finalists at the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club last night ...

Some of the cast of Benidorm are to reunite for a live tour to celebrate the hit ITV comedy. The sitcom’s writer, creator and director, Derren Litten, will host the events, which promise songs from ...