The Wells Comedy Festival is to return next year for its tenth edition. The first shows announced for the event – which runs from May 22 to 24 – include James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Lou Sanders, Harriet ...

Comedian and immigration lawyer Sikisa is releasing her first stand-up special. Life Of The Party is a combination of Sikisa ’s first two live shows and will be released on YouTube via Turtle Canyon ...

The show follows Dexter Procter (Cian Eagle-Service), a ten-year-old medical prodigy navigating the ups and downs of life as Britain’s youngest doctor. The supporting cast includes Peter Serafinowicz ...

Lucy Beaumont is taking part in a celebrity version of The Great British Sewing Bee this Christmas.

Diane Morgan’s Mandy is to return for a Christmas special. In the 20-minute episode her character is said to be having ‘one of the worst Christmases ever’ as she dabbles in global diplomacy. Michelle ...

Jason Manford is quitting his Absolute Radio show after a decade. The comedian took over the Sunday morning show in January 2016 and now claimed more than 800,00 weekly listeners. However he now says ...

David Mitchell’s detective series Ludwig was named best comedy at the International Emmy Awards in New York last night. Mitchell’s co-star in the series – Anna Maxwell Martin – took home best ...

Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist – but cleared of harassment. The 57-year-old Father Ted writer learned his verdict in Westminster Magistrates' ...

The third series of Alan Carr 's autobiographical comedy Changing Ends peaked with 1.5mllion viewers for its first episode on Sunday. With an average of 1.2million, that gives the sitcom the biggest ...

Joanne McNally is to become the first Irish female comedian to headline Dublin's 3Arena, Ireland's biggest indoor venue. The stand-up will be taking her Pinotphile show to the arena – which has a ...

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie plays that character alongside Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury and Raj Ghatak. Comics Luke McQueen, Nick Helm, Rachel Stubbings and Jack Barry also have roles in the film.

Julian Clary is piloting a new panel show about resisting peer pressure. The comic – and pantomime favourite – will turn Grinch for the sample episode of the Radio 4 show, which is all about Christmas ...