According to Hollywood trade website Variety, Darby will star as Arthur Tillbrook, who is described as the ‘head of the family home, Hartford Park. Arthur is heir to a vast cheese empire but prefers ...

Catherine Cohen, is this week publishing her debut collection of poems, drawing on similar theme to her-stand up: life, relationships and the messy business of being a millennial.

Philippe Gaulier, the Frenchman who trained generations of actors and comedians including Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson, has died aged 82. His school in Étampes near Paris, ...

The North East Comedy Hall of Fame has announced its second inductee: a biennial charity show that has raised millions for good causes. Sunday For Sammy, which stages two performa ...

American comedian Aziz Ansari has announced a date at London's Royal Albert Hall on July 11. Ansari co-created and starred in the Netflix series Master Of None, winning two Emmy awards for comedy ...

Adam Ernest Pickard has won the UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival. The comedian saw off competition from Katie Pritchard, Louie Falls, Mary Cross, Nayim Ali, Paggy Gacheva, Richard ...

Uncle Bryn’s house from Gavin and Stacey is up for sale with a £210,000 price tag. The terraced home in Barry has three bedrooms – one of which, in the BBC comedy at least – was Rob Brydon ’s ...

Small Prophets is a delightful piece of television, full of charm and warmth alongside the intrigue. • All episodes of Small Prophets are on iPlayer now. Episode one is on BBC Two at 10pm tonight.

America could soon have their own versions of BBC comedies Here We Go and Mammoth. The corporation’s programme-making wing, BBC Studios, is developing versions of both sitcoms for the US market.

The first tickets for Edinburgh Fringe 2026 are going on sale this week. On Wednesday the official festival box office opens with its first of four major tranches of shows. But some venues make ...

The judging panel has been announced for this year’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, with broadcaster Edith Bowman and Still Game co-creator Greg Hemphill among the names.

Griff Rhys Jones is teaming up with rock keyboard legend Rick Wakeman for a new podcast called The Sound Of The Seventy Year Olds. The show is described as a ‘wander down memory cul-de-sac, because ...