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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Sky is to air the second season of Ted, the prequel to the films about a talking bear. The series will land on Sky and streaming service Now in March, two years after the first episodes aired, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. It comes after the first series came the broadcaster’s biggest comedy launch since Derry Girls in 2018, with 2.3million ...