Kevin Bridges is not the first person to note that comedians’ routines are now expected to hit higher standards of morality and accuracy than politicians’ speeches. But that scrutiny shouldn’t worry ...

US authorities are investigating a collision between two trains. According to the Onion News Network, one was travelling from Chicago at 80mph, the other from Washington DC travelling at 75mph.

Katherine Ryan has told of getting a facelift just eight weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. The comedian had originally planned to use the same plastic surgeon who performed the procedure ...

Comedians Justin Moorhouse, Zoe Lyons and Jason Manford are to appear in the next series of 5’s crime drama The Madame Blanc Mysteries. Other familiar comedy faces joining the series include Birds Of ...

Channel 5 is to air a documentary celebrating Alan Carr ’s life and career in comedy. The 90-minute special, titled Alan Carr: My Best Bits & More will air on October 24 – six days before the end of ...

It is also the fourth longest-running play in West End history, according to the Society of London Theatre – behind The Mousetrap, which began in 1952 and is still going with more than 30,000 ...

Rob Delaney is to star in a new comedy-drama about a pop star recovering from addiction. In Sober Companion, to air on Radio 4 and as a BBC Sounds podcast, the comedian will play Tim, a recovering ...

Here’s a new batch of outtakes from Season 22 of Taskmaster. The series features Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, Nina Conti, and Richard Ayoade as well as Taskmaster Greg Davies and assistant ...

Use the live circuit. Live recordings at the Edinburgh Fringe and other comedy festivals are a good way to find podcasts while the hosts are trying out new ideas, and Chortle’s own monthly podcast ...

Friends is to return to Channel 4 from January. The hit US sitcom originally ran on the broadcaster from April 1995, six months after its US debut. However, Channel 4 has not broadcast the comedy ...

Musical comedian Huge Davies sings about playing Grand Theft Auto in this exclusive clip from the next episode of Iain Stirling Roasts The Internet. Also on the panel are comedians Laura Smyth and Gus ...

I don't know. I'll say yes, this probably is the end of Ghosts. But I've said that before. Thanks to the prosthetics, my character's slightly more forgiving in terms of the ageing process. But I know ...