He says that on stage, ’I was just doing what I've always done, which is to try to make jokes about things that scare me, but in a way that doesn't necessarily undermine the real emotions that are at ...

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones is making a TV tribute to Merthyr Tydfil with fellow comedy actor Steve Speirs. Speirs – star of the Welsh sitcom The Tuckers and known for playing Richard Burbage in ...

One voice that does have purpose, however, is that of her inner critic, a deep-toned messenger of doom (thanks to a voice modifier) that preys on her insecurities, comments on how the gig’s going, and ...

Despite such misgivings in this room, there is a huge market for Witcombe’s style of comedy. His festival blurb brackets him with the likes of ofter offence-baiting male stand-ups like Ricky Gervais, ...

Rik Mayall was so annoyed at being left out of Band Aid that he wrote a letter of complaint to Bob Geldof. And here’s Benedict Cumberbatch reading the correspondence, in which the comic explained how ...

The finals of Sketch Off – the UK’s premier competition for sketch and character comedy – makes for a lovely occasion to see ...

Frank Skinner launching his podcast Frank Off The Radio, having been axed by Absolute Radio, is up for the listener-voted Radio Times Moment of the Year.

Aditya Gautam has a warm, unassuming charm that forges an instant rapport, even with a small Monday-night audience. It would feel intimate even if the crowd was a sizeable multiple more, he’s just got ...

Colin From Accounts has been renewed for a third season. Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer return to write and star as Gordon and Ashley, an age-gap couple brought together by looking after the ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week it's all about Simons... Good luck!

• The Way They Were, a podcast about famous break-ups hosted by comedians Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate is celebrating its 100th episode this week with comedy legend Paul F Tompkins and ...

Comedy star Donna Preston has been unveiled as one of the contestants in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother. The 38-year-old actress has appeal in several Neil Gaiman projects, starred as Joel Dommett ...