BBC bosses have forced Robin Ince to step down from Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage over his social media posts backing pro-trans and other progressive causes. The comedian has co-hosted 207 episodes ...

The BBC has released the trailer for the Amandaland Christmas special. The episode sees Amanda and the family head to Aunt Joan's country house for the festive season. Saunders plays Joan, marking a ...

The Guardian headlined its three-star review: ‘Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway’ with writer Adrian Horton saying: ‘The dialled-up silliness of a spoof can wear quickly, and the ...

Alex Horne and his band are partway through a marathon session singing a single song for 24 hours song. And the track he chose? How Long, the 1974 hit from the English band Ace, with its apt refrain: ...

He created a global comedy icon that has netted him millions, but Rowan Atkinson says he got Mr Bean banned in Italy so he could still enjoy his holidays there.

Ted series two launches on Peacock in the US from March 5, then in the UK soon after. • Sky has also announced that comic and Taskmaster star Ania Magliano's debut stand-up show I Can’t Believe You’ve ...

Scottish comedy legend Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.

Phil Wang is to take over from Ed Gamble on BBC Two’s Great British Menu. Gamble – who co-hosts the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster – is stepping down as judde after four series ...

Hugh Laurie has been cast opposite Amy Poehler in a new comedy set in an archeological dig in Greece. The series, for US platform Peacock, is called Di and reunites Poehler with Parks and Recreation ...

Bath Mat – the title seems meaningless – is a redux of his Edinburgh show Soppy Stern that introduced us to his parents and other family members. Wisely, I think, much of the biographical details have ...

‘I was okay with the babies, I think, keeping them happy. But we chose them because they were calm, but if you go with calm babies, then when you want them to be joyful or silly or laughing or ...