Shona McCarthy is stepping down as chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society after nearly a decade at the helm. She will leave her role in the spring, having taken the organisation ...

Two sitcom pairings are to be reunited in separate reality TV projects Men Behaving Badly stars Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes are getting back together for a new travelogue. While the Royle ...

Yet Google ‘Terry Wogan’ today and you don't get the Radio 2 legend, but an image of comedian Benjamin Alborough. The stand-up loosely impersonates the talk-show pioneer in a cult live show – which ...

Prop comic Spencer Jones was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 and 2017. His stage alter-ego is called Herbert Clunkerdunk (originally just The Herbert) and has made a series of BBC ...

‘Wokeness’ isn’t killing comedy – and the people who say it is are often comedians who aren’t funny. That’s the view of veteran TV producer Jon Plowman, who says commentators who claim comedy is ...

Hip-hop and RnB radio station Capital Xtra is to host a charity comedy night at London’s Hippodrome. Andrew Mensah will compare the gig on October 24 with acts including Axel Blake, Kae Kurd, Kyrah ...

Sketch group Sheeps have recorded a Christmas album, with the aid of several of the big-name comedy friends. Daran Jonno Johnson and Al Roberts – who form Sheeps with Liam Williams – are the main ...