Will Finney, a 20-year-old computer science student, won the Exeter semi-final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award. Here's an extract from his set. Our next – and last – semi-final is at the Fairfield ...

The Beast of Mossy Bottom, which will hit cinemas on September 18. The film comes 30 years since Shaun’s first appearance in Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave. It is written by Mark Burton and Giles ...

I didn't care if people didn't like me as long as they were looking at me while they didn't like me.’ The comic recalled a Theatre In Education group coming to her school to deliver a worthy ...

Topical comedy panel show What Just Happened? is returning to BBC Radio Wales ahead of the Senedd Election on May 7. The four-part series will again be hosted by Robin Morgan – ...

American comedian Roy Wood Jr. is to host the opening episode of the 71st series of Have I Got News For You/ Wood Jr – who hosts the US version of the programme on CNN – will be making his third ...

Ruby Wax, Jessica Hynes and Iain Stirling have filmed a Traitors sketch for Comic Relief. The premise of the show is that the BBC reality show is being remade as a Hollywood movie, directed by Wax, ...

Three homes owned by Sean Hughes have been given to a homeless charity after more than eight years in limbo. The comedian left the properties in North London to Shelter in his DIY will – but ...

Mackenzie Crook has teased a second series of Small Prophets after the BBC revealed it was the broadcaster’s biggest new scripted show of the year so far. The six-part series, which ended its run on ...

Jimmy Carr says he only eats once a day because he is ‘very conscious’ of his weight.

The Ghosts movie The Possession of Button House s to be released in time for Halloween, distributor Lionsgate has announced. Releasing the first image from the production, above, the company announced ...

Sky has released the first still from the set of the TV adaptation of Frankie Boyle’s novel Meantime – confirming that James McAvoy will be taking the lead role. Chortle last month revealed that the X ...

Tina Fey channels the spirit of Mary Poppins in this teaser trailer for Saturday Night Live UK. She is the first host of the British version of the show where she cut her teeth, becoming the first ...