U&Gold 's competition, now in its thirteenth year, challenged the public to submit their best topical cracker jokes. Entries ...

A profile of Brad Ashton, the prolific comedy writer who has been scripting jokes for TV shows and comedians since the 1950s.

Robin Ince has stepped back from co-hosting Radio 4 format The Infinite Monkey Cage, explaining "my opinions outside the BBC ...

Bobby closes up a brilliant year of comedy by catching an old favourite at The Stand and two sold out shows at The Soho ...

Channel 4 is making Number 10, a comedy drama set in the Prime Minister's house. Written by Steven Moffat, the cast includes ...

Much-loved comedian and character actor Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.

Stuffed, Finding Father Christmas, Two Doors Down, Amandaland and Here We Go are amongst the comedies to look out for on TV ...

Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of its new sketch show, Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping. The channel says: ...

Alan Carr has fronted a pilot episode of Nation's Dumbest, a TV format in which celebrities aim to be eliminated from the ...

Mark Muldoon reports back from Club Wormhole at Nottingham Comedy Festival, Luke McQueen raising merry hell, Mike Rice's sell ...

Bridget Christie plans to reboot The Change as a film, with the stand-up "reimagining" the Channel 4 comedy drama as a ...

Maisie Adam will join Jill Scott to present the TV coverage of the Women's FA Cup.