It was also in response to a dire TV landscape for up-and-coming comics, with The Mash Report, Mock the Week and Frankie Boyle ’s New World Order all having been cancelled in quick succession, as well ...

Jennifer Saunders has revealed she and Dawn French once bought an ecstasy tablet to share – but it didn’t quite go to plan. Speaking on the first episode of The Claudia Winkleman Show, which airs on ...

Sunday’s Oscars night – the perfect evening for star-spotting. And Foil Arms and Hog have taken that literally with their new sketch in which a father takes his son ...

Family Guy’s smart-talking evil genius toddler Stevie is to get his own spin-off show. America’s, Fox network has ordered two seasons of the show from Seth MacFarlane, which will focus on the ...

Here Chortle reviewer Mark Muldoon, who set up the award with the British Comedy Guide, talks to the comic about how overlooked Scottish comedians feel, his current tour show, Howling At The Moon, and ...

Comedian Kate Hammer has got train passengers to take part in a silly quiz to promote Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The stand-up asked travellers between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street to ...

Rhys James has announced a 40-date stand-up tour for 2026 and 2027.

Peacock is part of the same media group, Comcast, which owns NBC – the US broadcaster which has aired the sketch series for 51 years. The first episode will air in the UK on March 21.

Matt Berry is to be the voice of this year's Oscars ceremony. The disembodied voice of the comic actor, who sent up voiceover work so comprehensively in Toast Of London, will be introducing presenters ...

John Tothill is to record a stand-up show for Radio 4. John Tothill Forgives Your Sins is described as a celebration of vices ‘making a case for debauchery, and absolving us of our sins’. The comic, ...

Ed Gamble is to embark on a stand-up tour next year, with more than 60 dates planned across the UK. Fresh Hell opens at the Regent, Ipswich, on January 30, and includes four nights at the London ...

Glasgow-based comedian Christopher MacArthur-Boyd has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Next Big Thing award, created to recognise acts deserving more attention. The comic ...