The main Bafta television awards will be hosted by Greg Davies on May 10 at the Royal Festival Hall in London and will be broadcast that evening on BBC One This is handed out at the separate ‘craft' ...

London’s Bill Murray comedy club has received a business rates support package worth thousands of pounds. The news came after the Live Comedy Association intervened after the government unveiled the ...

Filming has begun on the new BBC One comedy, Bill’s Included starring Rob Brydon. Written by Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen – aka The Pin – the show follows Bill Beam. a well‑meaning but ...

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to appear together on the West End stage for the first time in 17 years, it was announced today. The pair will be taking on the roles of the Ugly Sisters in this ...

Ria Lina has written a book about how innovative women have been removed from history How To Erase A Woman – subtitled ‘the women who did the work. The men who got the credit’ – will republished by ...

The launch of the UK version of Saturday Night Live generated more than 30,000 social posts – amassing a collective 1.9 billion impressions. And the response was split precisely 50:50 between positive ...

Bill Cosby has been found guilty of drugging and raping a woman 54 years ago. Cosby has been ordered to pay former waitress Donna Motsinger, now 84, a total of $19.25 million in damages, for past and ...

Harriet Walter, Anne Reid and Freddie Fox have all been confirmed in recurring roles in the series, which Horgan created and in which she also stars. Youth follows a 50-year-old divorcee navigating ...

Tommy Sheppard is retiring as chairman of The Stand Comedy Club, which he set up in Edinburgh more than 30 years ago. The promoter – and former SNP MP for Edinburgh East – said: 'It’s been a blast.

London’s Seven Dials Playhouse to close next week. Bosses at the 100-seat theatre near Covent Garden have decided that it 'can no longer continue operating on a viable basis', and will wind up ...

He may be one of the most respected comedians of his generation, but Stewart Lee says wouldn’t become a stand-up if he was starting a career today. Although he finds the stage his safe space – ‘a ...

Comedian and podcaster Cody Dahler is to publish a book about British politics aimed at readers who feel baffled by the state of the country and want to do something about it. The State of This!:A ...