Munya Chawawa and Theo Shakes wonder what it would be like if normal jobs had World Cup rules in this timely new video… ...

Eighteen comedians and one promoter have shared a £5,000 hardship fund for those hit by the financial chaos engulfing Leicester Comedy Festival. The fund came from the Live Comedy Association to help ...

Diane Morgan went to ‘robot school’ to prepare for her role in new comedy Ann Droid. In the series, which she wrote with Sarah Kendall, the Philomena Cunk star plays a care robot looking after a widow ...

Welcome to this new monthly round-up from the world of comedy podcasting. For this inaugural edition, I headed to Sheffield for the Crossed Wires podcast festival, a Mecca for a fan of the genre like ...

The bust took 120 hours to put together and weighs 7kg. A Premier Inn spokesperson said: ‘The exact site of the world’s most famous office, Wernham Hogg, is now a one of our hotels and so we’re ...

Greg Davies, Bill Bailey, Rhys James, Adam Kay and Dara Ó Briain are among the acts confirmed for the 14th Just For Laughs Sydney. Also in the first tranche of comedians to be announced are Gabriel ...

The BBC has ordered a third series of David Mitchell’s detective comedy Ludwig before the second series has even reached screens. Mitchell said: ‘I am delighted that Ludwig will be returning to solve ...

Mo Gilligan lived on a diet of fried chicken for four weeks for his first documentary for Netflix. For his first non-comedic venture for the streaming service – now revealed to be titled Big Chicken: ...

Sophie Willan has admitted she took a piss in the street outside the Houses of Parliament on a boozy first date. But it didn’t deter the bloke – who went on to become her partner and father of her ...

Graham Norton and Geoff Lloyd are to present their Virgin Radio shows live from Edinburgh during the Fringe. Norton will broadcast from the Virgin Hotel on August 9 from 2pm to 5pm, while Lloyd will ...

A former estate agent, Nick Page started in comedy in 2001. He also fronted three series of the BBC's daytime property show Escape To The Country.

The judging panel for this years Edinburgh Comedy Awards will be chaired by Liz Lewin, director of comedy series for Netflix UK. It is the first time the streamer has been represented on the panel.