Here’s the first look at what the cast of Outnumbered look like now – eight years after their last outing and 17 years after ...

Paul Hilleard has won this year’s BBC New Comedy Award. He was crowned at a final at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham that was broadcast on BBC One tonight. ‘Sound, innit? Nice,’ he said after ...

Piff the Magic Dragon’s canine companion Mr Piffles has died just shy of his 17th birthday. The Flamingo in Las Vegas, where ...

Never seen before images from the personal archive of the late Terry Jones are to be exhibited in his Colwyn Bay birthplace. News of the show comes as a crowdfunder to erect a statue of the Monty ...

Timothy West has died at the age of 90 after a long career spanning great classic dramas to countless comedy roles.

Sophie Willan has signed a first-look deal with Expectation, the production company behind her hit BBC sitcom Alma’s Not Normal. It will mean the programme-makers have the first refusal on both ...

Harriet Kemsley has taken over as host of the podcast Desert Island Dicks. In a reversal of the Radio 4 format, the show asks its guests to choose the people and things they’d least like to be ...

Like Christmas, it seems like preparation for Edinburgh Fringe gets earlier each year. And comic Will Mars has accelerated that process even more this time around – by announcing the first show of ...

James Acaster has landed his first HBO comedy special, with Hecklers Welcome. The American streaming giant will air the show on November 23, as recorded at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton, ...

The finalists have been announced for this year’s Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year competition. The acts competing for the title are: Abbie Edwards, Eli Hart, Gabrielle MacPherson, ...

Fascinating Aïda have released what they are dubbing the ‘Rudest Christmas Song Ever'. But despite the bad language, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman have an uplifting message everyone ...