SCOTT BENNETT: BLOOD SUGAR BABY: An adaptation of the comic’s stand-up show about how his daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition called congenital hyperinsulinism. Read our review of the live ...

The shortlist for the best joke of the Nottingham comedy festival have been announced, Chosen from gags submitted in advance by comics performing at the festival, which kicked off on Friday, hey are: ...

Michael McIntyre’s wealth grew £2million last year, Companies House documents show. His company, Breachcroft Ltd, was sitting on assets of £6.88million last October – up from £4.9million 12 months ...

The broadcaster has announced that the 2022 spoof, written by and starring Kieran Hodgson alongside Emma Sidi, Munya Chawawa, Jenny Bede and Harry Enfield will henceforth be known as Andrew: The ...

Lewis Hamilton has his sights set on making a sitcom. The driving ace has his own production company, Dawn Apollo Films, which contributed to the recent F1 film starring Brad Pitt. And in a new ...

The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show will not be returning to the BBC. Today’s Sun reports that a third series will not be going ahead in an ongoing on-off saga. In July 2024 the paper claimed the talk show ...

Fjord, the spoof Norwegian Eurodance legends created by comedy duo Giants, are releasing their first album – and Chortle can share an exclusive first track.

Comedian Elliot Steel is to front a documentary about the new, controversial sport of slap fighting. In the contest, fighters alternate slapping one another as hard as they can in the hope of knocking ...

Morecambe was born in Buxton Street to George and Sarah Bartholomew – and died in 1984, aged 58, after collapsing in the wings of the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The BBC is currently ...

Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have been told they are descended from 18th Century highwayman Dick Turpin. In Sunday’s episode of their BBC Two ghost-hunting series NightWatch, the siblings behind This ...

A raft of top comedy stars has joined the cast of the BBC’s forthcoming sitcom The Reluctant Vampire – based on the books by Eric Morecambe. Tom Davis, Sian Clifford, Charlie Cooper, Asim Chaudhry, ...

Eddie Izzard is to give primary school pupils a private Shakespearean performance. The comedian will visit St Michael’s CofE Primary School in Louth, Lincolnshire, on Monday and perform extracts of ...