Ashley Storrie has won two Baftas for writing and starring in the BBC comedy Dinosaur. Speaking at last night’s ceremony, she said the spirit of her mum Janey Godley – who died of cancer two week ago ...

Lucy Beaumont is set to spearhead a campaign to erect a statue of Caroline Aherne in Manchester. The stand-up said she would put some of her own money into remembering the Royle Family creator in the ...

Peter Kay has announced 21 extra dates for his record-breaking comedy tour. The extension was announced with a surprise TV ad in the opening episode of I’m Celebrity Get Me Out of Here last night. The ...

Britain’s leading Improv troupe and residents of the most famous comedy club in the world are on tour. The original stars of Whose Line is it Anyway? Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Neil Mullarkey, ...

Charli XCX guest hosted Saturday Night Live last night – and ran into all the members of in-house sketch trip Please Don’t ...

LEICESTER: There's a fine line-up at the Laughing Out Loud gig at the Y Theatre tonight. Pun king Gary Delaney, offbeat Josh Pugh, astute commentator Nabil Abdulrashid, and put-upon everyman Scott ...

JEFF DUNHAM’S SCROOGED-UP HOLIDAY SPECIAL: The mega-successful comedy ventriloquist's latest live show lands on Amazon Prime ...

Charli XCX mocked Victoria Beckham on Saturday Night Live last night. In a sketch based an ‘It girl Thanksgiving special’ the ...

He’s not even returned to the White House yet, but Donald Trump's troubling cabinet picks provided fodder for Colin Jost and Michael Che on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update last night. Jost said: ...

Glenn Moore was nominated for best show at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. As a newcomer he was runner-up in the 2011 Chortle Student Comedy Award, and finalist in So You Think You're Funny 2012 ...

Tributes have been to Irish comic Jon Kenny, who died yesterday at the age of 66. He had suffered a heart attack last Sunday and had not regained since. Kenny started his career in the 1980s in the ...

Judges awarded Chris McCausland 37 points on tonight's Strictly Come Dancing, his highest score yet on the show. The comedian's dance partner Dianne Buswell was weeping when the score was announced, ...