A profile of Brad Ashton, the prolific comedy writer who has been scripting jokes for TV shows and comedians since the 1950s.

Robin Ince has stepped back from co-hosting Radio 4 format The Infinite Monkey Cage, explaining "my opinions outside the BBC ...

Bobby closes up a brilliant year of comedy by catching an old favourite at The Stand and two sold out shows at The Soho ...

Alan Carr has fronted a pilot episode of Nation's Dumbest, a TV format in which celebrities aim to be eliminated from the ...

Much-loved comedian and character actor Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.

Channel 4 is making Number 10, a comedy drama set in the Prime Minister's house. Written by Steven Moffat, the cast includes ...

Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of its new sketch show, Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping. The channel says: ...

Maisie Adam will join Jill Scott to present the TV coverage of the Women's FA Cup.

Mark Muldoon reports back from Club Wormhole at Nottingham Comedy Festival, Luke McQueen raising merry hell, Mike Rice's sell ...

Ricky Gervais has announced that he is donating a total of nearly £2.5m to animal charities. The £2,432,451 is taken from the ...

Bridget Christie plans to reboot The Change as a film, with the stand-up "reimagining" the Channel 4 comedy drama as a ...

Stephen Merchant has revealed that he accidentally directed an adult film, while work as a roving reporter in Los Angeles ...