David McGinty is Scotland's most annoying man in this latest Short Stuff sketch for the BBC’s Scottish Comedy YouTube channel. The skit introduces us to Brian, who knows everything - and isn’t afraid ...

Jerry Sadowitz is to sell his rarely-seen 1987 Total Abuse show on DVD – after stumbling across a cache in ‘an old drawer’. The show has become especially notable as the savagely offensive comic used ...

Saturday Night Live UK’s Freddie Meredith has been cast in the Christmas special of Death In Paradise. The news comes just two days after the BBC also announced that the comedian would be appearing in ...

Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright have distanced themselves from a remastered Blu-ray release of Spaced. Neither they nor co-creator Jessica Hynes had anything to do with the reissue of the cult ...

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has demanded more information from the BBC about the impact and timetable of its £500million cuts. The watchdog says the Corporation has not provided a ‘clear picture' on the ...

Alan Carr, Fascinating Aïda and Mike Wozniak are among the first acts announced for next year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Carr, who appeared on Celebrity Traitors last year, plays three ...

Rowan Atkinson has recorded a Christmas message for the British Red Cross to urge people to ‘believe in the power of humanity.’ The Mr Bean creator stars alongside Joely Richardson, The Witcher actor ...

Sandi Toksvig has been awarded an honorary doctorate of science by Bournemouth university. It is her sixth honorary doctorate, having previously been made a doctor of letters by Portsmouth, York St ...

Breakneck Comedy Ltd went into liquidation during lockdown but in 2022, managing director Naz Hussain said the business, which primarily runs a club in Aberdeen, had 'come out the other end', adding: ...

HBO has renewed Sharon Horgan ’s comedy Youth for a second season. The Catastrophe co-creator Horgan stars in, writes, and executive produces the series about a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex ...

• The Future Of Jokes by Robin Ince is published by Melville House UK tomorrow, priced £9.25 from Amazon – or for £9.49 from uk.bookshop.org, below, which supports independent bookstores.

BIRMINGHAM: Musical comedian Rachel Parris starts her Songbook tour at the Old Rep, a collection of her greatest hits. And audiences are encouraged to come ready to sing along - 'a cappella may be ...