The viewing figure for the Gavin & Stacey finale has swelled to 18.5million. Consolidated figures show the 12.3million viewers who tuned in live on Christmas Day have been joined by 5.2million ...

His comeback arena tour has reportedly grossed £27million for Peter Kay – though that doesn’t seem to have found its way to the comedian’s bottom line yet. Newly filed accounts from his personal ...

Scottish comedian Rachel Jackson was arrested at Nashville Airport after a sweary showdown with police, it has been revealed today. Footage of the 37-year-old’s altercation with police officers in ...

The French comic has been a significant rising star on the UK circuit for a few years now, but 2024 represented an evolution of her style. Of All People is a more honest, affecting show than ever ...

Rachel Fairburn started doing stand up in January 2007, and was a finalist in both the Funny Women and City Life North-West Comedian Of The Year competitions the following year.

In Bad Tidings, McCausland revives the relationship with Lee Mack that began with a guest appearance on Not Going Out – of ...

Nudity usually ensures memorability, and Garry Starr – the alter-ego of Aussie clown Damien Warren-Smith – performed his entire show in the buff, save for save for a tailcoat, flippers and Elizabethan ...

The Gavin and Stacey finale has - unsurprisingly – won the Christmas Day ratings battle, attracting an average of 12.3 million viewers, It was the largest Christmas Day audience in 14 years. Overnight ...

An unusual snippet of comedy trivia comes via the Popbitch gossip newsletter today. The celebrity website used its Boxing Day edition to look back at the notable deaths of 2024, including Camila ...

Sir Stephen, 67, has long links to the King – who once spent New Year’s Eve at the Blackadder actor’s Norfolk home when he was still married to Diana. London mayor Sadiq Khan and football manager ...

He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy ...