Here’s the trailer for Only Child – the new BBC One comedy starring Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh as father and son. Gary Tank Commander creator McHugh plays Richard, an only child and budding actor, ...

Ricky Gervais has been nominated for his first Grammy award – for a show that was roundly hated by critics. The audio version of his Armageddon stand-up special has been shortlisted for best comedy ...

The stars of Goodness Gracious Me are to reunite ahead of its 30th anniversary. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Anil Gupta will be talking about their groundbreaking sketch show at Bristol’s ...

Two performers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to establish a permanent home for improv in Brighton. Heather Urquhart and Jules Munns are part of the city’s well-established Maydays troupe, who ...

Comedy stars Josh Widdicombe, Ivo Graham, Jamali Maddix, Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister are uniting for a benefit gig for Palestine. The stand-ups will play the Hackney Empire in East ...

Before the alternative comedy revolution and the political satire of Peter Cook and Lenny Bruce during the 1960s counter-culture revolution, there was the French Revolution And before the French ...

Damian Lewis and Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton have joined the cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton Abbey spoof, Fackham Hall. The period film – said to be in the vein of Airplane! and Monty Python – has been ...

Clarke – host of BBC Radio Scotland’s topical panel show Breaking The News – said: ‘It’s such a joy to be part of Hogmanay on BBC Scotland. 2024 has been filled with so many incredible moments, and I ...

Festival director Krista MacDonald said: ‘Following 2024’s record-breaking year, Glasgow International Comedy Festival is set to once again host comedy’s biggest and best, alongside the industry’s ...

Juno Birch’s shtick is that she’s from an alien world – well, Runcorn, really, but close enough – while insisting: ‘I come in peace’ ...

David Walliams and Matt Lucas are planning a podcast and a stage show – while they are also in talks with Netflix over a TV series. The pair were first linked to the streamer in 2022 when it was ...