Andrew Sachs, the actor who will always be known as Manuel from Fawlty Towers, has died. He was 86.Reports say that he had been suffering from dementia and died in a care home.Sachs had a long career... more
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Last night Beyond The Joke gave away who had been evicted from I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in the headline and spoilt the fun for viewers who planned to watch the programme on catch-up. So... more
Comedian Olaf Falafel has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books. The former art director will both write and illustrate the books.Olaf put out a call for a publisher for... more
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s The Wipers Times - a stage adaptation of their award-winning BBC film - is coming to London.Following a sold-out UK tour the WW1 satire transfers for a... more
Tickets for the new Ricky Gervais World Tour go on sale at 10am on Friday, December 2.The show is entitled Humanity. He describes it on his blog as "me moaning about everything in the world from... more
Voting has now opened for this year's UK Comedy Awards. These are the only awards for comedians voted for by comedians.The awards, also known as the Comics Comic Awards, were started in... more
Promoter extraordinaire Bob Slayer has added another venue to his Edinburgh Fringe empire. The newly opened Monkey Barrel Comedy Club will be part of Slayer's Heroes Of Fringe operation in 2017... more
Comedian Joel Dommett has survived another I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here vote.In the latest programme Carol Vorderman was evicted from the camp. In tonight's edition the campmates got... more
The transmission details have been confirmed for the Inside No 9 edition thatgoes out over Christmas.The Devil Of Christmas will be broadcast on BBC2 on Tuesday, December 27 at 10pm.Steve Pemberton... more
BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker is to present an exclusive extended interview with comedian Peter Kay, recorded as they travel around in a car. The one-off programme will be broadcast on Friday 30... more
