Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright have distanced themselves from a remastered Blu-ray release of Spaced. Neither they nor co-creator Jessica Hynes had anything to do with the reissue of the cult ...

Jerry Sadowitz is to sell his rarely-seen 1987 Total Abuse show on DVD – after stumbling across a cache in ‘an old drawer’. The show has become especially notable as the savagely offensive comic used ...

Alan Carr, Fascinating Aïda and Mike Wozniak are among the first acts announced for next year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Carr, who appeared on Celebrity Traitors last year, plays three ...

Sandi Toksvig has been awarded an honorary doctorate of science by Bournemouth university. It is her sixth honorary doctorate, having previously been made a doctor of letters by Portsmouth, York St ...

Breakneck Comedy Ltd went into liquidation during lockdown but in 2022, managing director Naz Hussain said the business, which primarily runs a club in Aberdeen, had 'come out the other end', adding: ...

HBO has renewed Sharon Horgan ’s comedy Youth for a second season. The Catastrophe co-creator Horgan stars in, writes, and executive produces the series about a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex ...

Some of the cast of Benidorm are to reunite for a live tour to celebrate the hit ITV comedy. The sitcom’s writer, creator and director, Derren Litten, will host the events, which promise songs from ...

Irish comedian Chris Watts, who poked fun at his albinism, was voted runner-up, with German-Indian stand-up Abi Mohanty coming third. The other finalists at the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club last night ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And after asking about elements last week, this week's ...

Tom Hanks revived his Saturday Night Live favourite David S. Pumpkins in the Halloween-themed ‘cold open’ of last night’s US show In the sketch, a spooky mausoleum ride attempts to scare its ...

SOBER COMPANION: A new comedy drama in which a pop star recovering from addiction goes on a road trip across Arizona. Her sober companion Tim is hired to get her to rehab. Stars Rob Delaney, Bel ...

The BBC is to air Vittorio Angelone ’s first sitcom next week, despite the furore over his rape gag. The Corporation’s Northern Ireland arm had previously said it was ‘actively considering’ concerns ...