Jimmy McGhie studied drama at Kent university, and began stand-up regularly in 2005, reaching the finals of the BBC New Talent competition and the Amused Moose Star Search. He performed in split-bill ...

Comedian Lucy Beaumont this week floated the idea of erecting a memorial to the Royle Family and Mrs Merton star in the ...

Nick Mohammed’s festive tale A Christmas Carol(ish) has had a bumpy launch in the West End – with the official first night performance abandoned after being plagued by technical issues. Reviewers, ...

Ted Lasso star Phil Dunster has confirmed that season 4 of the hit show is happening – but he’s yet to get the phone call confirming he’ll be in it. Dunster – who plays AFC Richmond’s star striker ...

Joe Kent-Walters is recording a Radio 4 comedy show in the guise of his alter-ego Frankie Monroe. In Frankie Monroe's Pub Quiz, the winner of last year’s BBC New Comedy Award will ask questions of the ...

The American version Have I Got News For You has been recommissioned for a second season. Hosted by Roy Wood Jr – along with team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black – the show will return ...

Welsh topical comedy show What Just Happened? is coming to TV after two series on the radio. Host Robin Morgan and resident panellist Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be looking back at the events of 2024 ...

James Acaster's Hecklers Welcome special will air in the UK on December 10. Earlier this month, Chortle reported how the stand-up show had been recorded for American cable channel HBO at the Royal & ...

The guests joining Rhod Gilbert for the first festive specials of his Comedy Central series Rhod Gilbert ’s Growing Pains have been revealed. For the Christmas edition he will be joined by singer Mel ...

After 6 minutes of air time, Christopher Bliss’s high-octane Bangmouth Village has its season finale – and it ends on an explosive finale as hardman Billy Bangmouth goes too far. The show was ‘written ...

Chris McCausland says he becomes a ‘bendy Spider-Man’ when trying to learn how to dance on Strictly. The comic appears on the Graham Norton Show tonight to talk about how he learns the choreography ...

Series two will be directed by Mackenzie Crook and sees the return of cast members including Susan Lynch playing Eel Sister ...