The viewing figure for the Gavin & Stacey finale has swelled to 18.5million. Consolidated figures show the 12.3million viewers who tuned in live on Christmas Day have been joined by 5.2million ...

His comeback arena tour has reportedly grossed £27million for Peter Kay – though that doesn’t seem to have found its way to the comedian’s bottom line yet. Newly filed accounts from his personal ...

Scottish comedian Rachel Jackson was arrested at Nashville Airport after a sweary showdown with police, it has been revealed today. Footage of the 37-year-old’s altercation with police officers in ...

The French comic has been a significant rising star on the UK circuit for a few years now, but 2024 represented an evolution of her style. Of All People is a more honest, affecting show than ever ...

Test your comedy knowledge of 2024 with today's edition of our Tuesday trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!

Nudity usually ensures memorability, and Garry Starr – the alter-ego of Aussie clown Damien Warren-Smith – performed his entire show in the buff, save for save for a tailcoat, flippers and Elizabethan ...

In May, it was revealed that Andy Zaltzman, Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones would be trying to impress Greg Davies at challenges set by show creator Alex Horne. It’s the first of ...

In Bad Tidings, McCausland revives the relationship with Lee Mack that began with a guest appearance on Not Going Out – of ...

After studying drama at Loughborough University, Diane Spencer emigrated to New Zealand, where she started performing stand-up in November 2006. In 2009 she performed her first solo show, as well as ...

Sir Stephen, 67, has long links to the King – who once spent New Year’s Eve at the Blackadder actor’s Norfolk home when he was still married to Diana. London mayor Sadiq Khan and football manager ...

He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy ...