The Alex Horne challenge show won the comedy entertainment category, where it was nominated alongside the TV version of Radio 4’s mash-up satirical show The Skewer. Rob & Romesh Vs, Germany’s Die ...

Ross Noble has announced his 22nd stand-up tour. The comic will play 56 dates of his next show, Cranium of Curiosities, running from October 22, 2025, to March 22, 2026 It includes a three-night ...

Armando Iannucci’s production company has signed a ‘development partnership' with BBC Studios. The agreement will see Touchscreen work with the broadcaster’s independent production arm on new scripted ...

Chris McCausland turned down the chance to make a documentary series about how he learned to dance despite being blind. The comedian has revealed how he rejected the BBC’s advances about making a ...

The stage version of Fawlty Towers is to tour the UK for 10 months from next September. Producers have announced a 36-city tour of the show – which merges three of the TV episodes and gives a new ...

Nick Mohammed’s character Mr Swallow embodies some of the same contradictions as Tommy Cooper. His giddy, erratic demeanour ...

A comedian who goes by the name Welsh Jesus has told how he had a show cancelled on religious grounds. Gareth Hunt, was due to perform on a mixed-bill night at the Heolgerrig Social Club in his home ...

Much of the footage was long thought lost, but an internal catalogue audit of the ITV archves found that the episodes were intact but had all been logged as Episode 2. The films were cleaned and ...

The author of the winning joke, Carlsen Stanton aged, 48, from Birmingham, received the top prize of £1,500 towards a holiday, a festive hamper and a box of bespoke U&Gold Christmas Crackers ...

LONDON: A strong line-up for a fundraiser at Leicester Square Theatre tonight in aid of f Women and Children First features Jenny Eclair, Nish Kumar, Mark Watson, Amy Gledhill, Lorna Rose Treen, Vix ...

Mark Steel tells the story of discovering his birth family on today’s Desert Island Discs, describing it as ‘like something out of Netflix’. The comedian – who was given the all-clear from his throat ...

Janey Godley's funeral is just about to start at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow. The service is being steamed and can be ...