Comedian Eshaan Akbar has been crowned Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian of the Year 2016. He was chosen by both judges and audience as winner from a field of seven, which was selected by Mike... more
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It has emerged that Doug Stanhope’s contribution to Charlie Brooker’s Wipe 2015 last night was cut from the broadcast. Previews of the annual round-up promised an appearance from the... more
One Direction's Louis Tomlinson was part of a group of friends asked to leave a comedy club in London on Tuesday night.According to reports Tomlinson was present while some others were making a noise... more
Comedian Bill Cosby has been charged with aggravated indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004. Andrea Constand says she was drugged and then assaulted by Cosby at his home.There have... more
Iain Lee will be returning to radio in 2016. According to reports the comedian/DJ will be fronting a new show on UTV’s new national speech channel talkRADIO, which is expected to launch in the Spring... more
John Cleese has brought bonkers hotelier Basil Fawlty back to life.His first new appearance onscreen nearly 37 years after the last BBC series of Fawlty Towers aired in 1979 will be in a new... more
There has been a lot of chat in comedy circles recently about the rise of physical comedy. Dr Brown won the Foster's Award, Trygve Wykenshaw picked up a Foster's nomination and Spencer Jones has been... more
The winner of this year's Best Live Stand Up in The UK Comedy Awards as voted for by other comedians is Zoe Lyons.Second place went to Jeff Innocent, who was beaten by just three votes. Third... more
An audio recording of an impassioned "meltdown" by Rufus Hound that was cut from a programme has been released. Hound's vociferous attack on government financial policy was recorded in June as part... more
Editor's note: Earlier this year comedian Will Franken made the decision to become Sarah Franken. He has now decided to revert back to Will Franken. In this exclusive essay he explains his decision.... more
