Bridget Christie has joined cast of award-winning the BBC comedy Things You Should Have Done. She plays an ‘unhinged and unprofessional grief counsellor’ called Ruth in the second series of Lucia ...

THE GREAT CELEBRITY BAKE OFF FOR STAND UP TO CANCER: The series concludes with Ghosts star Jim Howick, Gloria Hunniford OBE, model Ellie Goldstein and comic Jamali Maddix taking on a retro recipe for ...

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That said, it WAS a tough decision crowning the winner of the 2025 Raw competition run by the Melbourne comedy festival, with plenty to commend most of the finalists in their five-minute sets.

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week it's all about Simons... Good luck!

For the snappily-named Can You Smell That? Must Be A Queen Going Off! is just as much over-the-top camp fun as her act with hubby Joseph Moore, with Daniel bringing stadium-level energy to her ...

Mike Berry, who was the last surviving main cast member of Are You Being Served?, has died at the age of 82. He played junior salesman Mr Spooner in the last three series of the BBC sitcom in the ...

The finals of Sketch Off! – the UK’s premier competition for sketch and character comedy – makes for a lovely occasion to see ...

Known as a career-launcher across the globe, SNL is an interesting and unusual prospect for a comedy scene already in flux. With online comedy undoubtedly king in a digital age, the introduction of a ...

Sky is making a British version of American comedy institution Saturday Night Live. Lorne Michaels, who created the original 50 years ago, will executive produce the new version, which is set to air ...

Former newsreader Angela Rippon is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time. The 80-year-old broadcaster, who will take the chair on April 25, said: ‘It’s been a few years since I said ...

One voice that does have purpose, however, is that of her inner critic, a deep-toned messenger of doom (thanks to a voice modifier) that preys on her insecurities, comments on how the gig’s going, and ...