The state of live comedy will be the focus of the opening session of the Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee's ...

James Nesbitt is plotting a return to TV comedy with a new primetime BBC comedy drama, with a pilot for Close, written by ...

TV channel Quest will launch Johnny Vegas' Little Shop Of Antiques in July, an eight-part series in which the comedian runs a ...

Production is underway on Series 2 of Juice, the sitcom written by and starring Mawaan Rizwan. The new six-part series will ...

When you think of a number, then you think of Johnny Ball. He was a regular face on TV in the 1970s and 80s, with shows like Play School, Play Away, Cabbages And Kings and the BAFTA winning Think Of A ...

Battle In The Box, the U&Dave comedy show format fronted by Jimmy Carr, does not look set to return for a second series. The show, which launched in July, paired together comedians to "battle it out ...

It was the first of times, it was the worst of times. This time it's the return of Geoff Norcott, who is heading on tour this Autumn with the excitingly-titled Basic Bloke 2: No Bloke without Fire.

Seven Dials Playhouse, the venue in London's Covent Garden, is set to establish a new sketch comedy collective, taking inspiration from the iconic Los Angeles comedy company The Groundlings, whose ...

BBC One has commissioned a "tender and flirty, slick and dangerous darkly comedic Cold War thriller" series. The plot for the series is described as follows: "East Berlin, 1982. Marta, 24, is a deep ...

Paddy Young's stand-up show Hungry, Horny, Scared is now available to watch via YouTube. Produced and distributed by 800 Pound Gorilla, the special is based on the comic's debut stand-up show. First ...

Tom Short is a stand-up comedian and comedy tutor. Comedy is a tough industry, but one of the hardest parts isn't writing jokes, performing, or handling the grind of open mics - it's managing your own ...