Channel 4 is to launch a dedicated digital channel for original unscripted British comedy. Hosted on YouTube, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4 will launch later this month with weekly long-form programmes ...

A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to blackmail one of Britain’s most successful comedians. It has been reported that the 35-year-old suspect, tried to extort money from the star, who cannot ...

The podcast is made by Welsh-based Little Wander, the production company behind the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, and launches tomorrow. A teaser is available here.

Amy Gledhill has unofficially been named as the first contestant in the next series of Amazon’s LOL: Last One Laughing. A second run of the reality show – in which comedians try to make each other ...

Boarders creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor, has signed a deal with production company Studio Lambert to give them first refusal on any scripted projects he wants to develop. Taylor started on the live ...

The Irish love a good mourning, so here in her sophomore show, the Dublin-raised comedian and ‘Death Queen’ will teach audience ‘how not to be weird about loss’. It runs in the family, apparently, ...

Musical impressionist Jess Robinson has written her first book, which she describes as ‘the most personal thing I’ve ever created’. Life Is Rosi: Grandma, Me And Our Diaries At 23 is billed as part ...

Do Gooders, the star-studded sitcom set in a charity, is returning to Radio 4 for a second series. The comedy stars Frank Skinner, Ahir Shah, Ania Magliano , Fay Ripley and Garrett Millerick, who also ...

Guests have been named for an interview series celebrating women at the Edinburgh Fringe. Comedians Shaparak Khorsandi, Sindhu Vee, Jessica Fostekew, Sikisa and Amy Mason are on the line-up for The ...

Suzi Ruffell has revealed she didn’t realise she was gay until she watched Kate Winslet in Titanic… and even then pretended to be straight for several years. The comic also said she used humour as a ...

Jack Docherty is to reprise his role as Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson for a second series of BBC Scotland sitcom The Chief. It has also been announced that the new season will feature a one-off ...