Vislor Antilly, the German Shepherd who played Brandy, Ricky Gervais ’ sidekick in After Life, has died at the age of 13. In 2018, Gervais cast Anti as the companion of his character Tony Johnson as ...

Born and raised in the West Country, Bill Bailey showed an early passion for music, forming the school band Behind Closed Doors. It was also at school that he acquired the nickname Bill, thanks to a ...

Sky has released the trailer for its forthcoming series Small Town, Big Story, described as a 'very dramatic comedy’. Written by Chris O’Dowd, the show stars Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks as a ...

• Glamrou: Drag Mother is at Soho Theatre at 9.15pm until Saturday before an American tour in March.

Brassic is to end after its seventh series airs this year, Sky has announced. The show, which launched in 2019, is the most watched Sky original comedy of all time, and will be bowing out on a high, ...

Eddie Kadi is to host this year’s Mobo Awards for the second time, The comedian will present the ceremony at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle, on February 18 with Love Island’s Indiyah Polack. Kadi said: ...

The line-up for this year’s Alpine comedy festival Altitude has been announced. Jason Byrne, Tim Vine, Justin Moorhouse, Jessica Fostekew, and Phil Ellis are among those playing the Austrian ski ...

London’s marathon 50-hour improvised show is to return for a 15th year. This year’s ‘Improvathon’ is entitled Because We Can Can Can! and is described as 'Moulin Rouge meets The Greatest Showman’.

The story to me was a fascinating one, which was this political love story of sorts between a disillusioned Labour politician and Margaret Thatcher, who was quite a radical politician at the time.

The line-up has been announced for the 19th series of Taskmaster. The contestants for the new run, coming soon to Channel 4, are: Greg Davies returns as Taskmaster with Alex Horne as its faithful ...

A raft of familiar comedy names including Ruth Jones, Jon Pointing and Amy Gledhill have been cast in the next Harlan Coben thriller to be made for Netflix. Friday Night Dinner’s Tracy-Ann Oberman, ...

Applications are now open for this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition. Founded by Gilded Balloon boss Karen Koren in 1988, the talent hunt is the oldest amateur stand up comedy ...