Sam Nicoresti is to represent the UK at the World Air Guitar Championships. The comedian will be flying to the final in Finland in August after winning the national title at the weekend, where she ...

Puppet comedian Randy Feltface is getting a new Radio 4 series. The creation of Australian Heath McIvor will be ‘fixing his ping-pong ball gaze upon the evolutionary journey of Earth’s most baffling ...

Smack The Pony is finally getting its TV reunion. Sally Phillips has revealed that she is getting back together with Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan for a special. It comes after the trio reunited for ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's questions are all about fictional places.

Joe Lycett is to host a new live entertainment series for Channel 4 set inside his own pub. The comic is getting a personal licence to sell alcohol to let him open the paisley-carpeted East London ...

Actress Dame Penelope Keith, best known for her roles in The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 86. A statement released on today on behalf of her family said: 'We are deeply ...

Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies are heading back to the HWD Components canteen – with an new stage show. The touring production, written by Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, is the first piece of new work based on ...

Kevin McCarron, one of the co-founders of the Laughing Horse chain of comedy nights, has died at the age of 72.

Paul Smith has told how he chartered a plane to get to a gig in Belfast after arriving at the airport without his passport. The comic recently had two gigs in the Northern Irish capital with a few ...

The American Film Institute has given Mel Brooks a 100th birthday gift – by declaring Blazing Saddles the funniest film of all time. It had been No 6 on the body’s list of the funniest films in a ...

The comic also included some World Cup tropes in his song, as well as swipes at the likes of Tommy Robinson and Russell Brand.

Rogue Trooper – the 2000 AD comic book adaptation featuring a host of comedy stars – has received a warm industry welcome at its first official screening. The adult animated military science fiction ...