Jason Manford might have built his career on being an ordinary, relatable bloke – but there’s one thing that sets him apart from his mates: he hates beer. It’s not that he’s a teetotaller, but he ...

Michael McIntyre is recording his latest tour for BBC One to celebrate his 25 years as a stand-up. His show Macnificent will be taped at the London Palladium next month and will air as a 55-minute ...

The Office is getting a Mexican remake, La Oficina. Hot on the heels of the Australian version, starring Felicity Ward, Amazon’s Prime Video is to embark on the new version that will only be available ...

Lindsey Santoro and Dan Tiernan are recording Radio 4 stand-up shows in December. The Lively Life Of Lindsey Santoto will be taped in the Glee Club in her Birmingham hometown on December 4, and will ...

Here’s what it’s like when your friends are obsessed with America, according to Foil Arm and Hog. In the sketch Sean 'Foil' Finegan gets upset with Conor 'Arms' McKenna and Sean 'Hog' Flanagan ...

Darren Harriott, Joanne McNally and Jon Richardson are to turn their hand to interior design for Children in Need. The comics are taking part in the first celebrity special edition of Interior Design ...

The seven funniest books of the year have been announced – at least according to the judges of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.

Johnny Vegas believes his house is haunted - but by a ‘welcoming’ ghost. Speaking at the launch of Channel 4’s new zombie show Generation X last night the comic admitted: ‘Yeah, I have a ghost in the ...

Horrible Histories is to be presented with a special Bafta award next month, it has been announced. The academy says it is in recognition of the CBBC sketch show’s ‘extraordinary cultural and social ...

Here’s a second bath of outtakes from series 18 of Taskmaster. The 13-minute clip starts with Babatunde Aleshe struggling to ...

Stewart Lee has revealed that he once experienced a ‘time slip’. The comedian said he was in the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire when he was suddenly transported back to before it was dissolved ...

The show – frotned by Rose Matafeo with Mike Wozniak as her assistant – will go out in a primetime 8pm slot. Unlike the adult series, the kids’ version features five different contestants in each of ...