Rob Carter is piloting Bangmouth Village, a comic soap opera starring his long-time character Christopher Bliss, which he describes as "The Room meets Emmerdale".

Sky (tries) to interview Ella Purnell while she's surrounded by Chihuahuas in a nod to her character's furry friend Tink. Find out how Ella approached playing Rhiannon Lewis, a quiet wallflower turned ...

A new festival is to launch in Bristol in January, aiming to "cement Bristol as a thriving hub for comedy, offering a platform to emerging and established talent alike". The Bristol Comedy Festival ...

Piglets, the ITV comedy series set in a fictional police training college, is to return for a second series. The network has yet to officially confirm the recommission, but Ricky Champ - who played ...

Sky Comedy will air stand-up specials Micky Flanagan: If We Ever Needed It, Maisie Adam: Appraisal and Paul Chowdhry: ...

ITV has confirmed the recommission of sitcom Changing Ends. Based on stand-up Alan Carr's own childhood, two new series have ...

Joel Dommett is to tour a new stand-up show in 2025. His promoters confirm: "Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett is returning to his stand-up roots with a brand new tour for 2025, Happy Idiot. The ...

Peep Show and Fleabag star Olivia Colman is set to present an edition of the CBeebies format Bedtime Story. On Friday 8th November at 6:50pm, Colman will be entertaining CBeebies viewers with a ...

Rachel Parris talks about how she first got into the world of comedy, the inspiration behind the creation of the Austentatious shows and one of the improv group's most memorable scenes.

We enjoyed meeting up with members in Manchester last night. As usual, the discussion was useful, and we covered plenty of topics, including our participatory in-house sitcom - which will be open to ...

Juno Birch discusses how she came up with the concept of an alien drag queen, what it is like to combine drag and stand-up comedy and what she hopes audiences will take away from her show Probed.

A Taskmaster video. Ahead of starting his new job as the Junior Taskmaster's Assistant, Mike travels back to the TM house to ...