CNN has renewed Have I Got News For You for a third season. The American version of the long-running UK comedy series is hosted by Roy Wood Jr. along with team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian ...

CNN is making a documentary about the life of Chevy Chase, billed as ‘authorised yet unfiltered’. The film is entitled I’m Chevy Chase And You’re Not, the same as his 2010 authorised biography and the ...

Written by cult American comic JT Habersaat, the title, Doing Time, features extended conversations with a raft of comedy stars including Patton Oswalt, Dana Gould, Doug Stanhope, Maria Bamford, Chris ...

Glasgow’s Laugh In The Park outdoor comedy festival has added a second night of stand-up. The event will now take place at the Queens Park Arena – known locally as The Bandstand – on Sunday July 13 as ...

Nigel Planer is writing a memoir about his ‘friendships and rivalries’ over a 40- year comedy career. The book, entitled Young Once, A Life Less Heavy, will be published by John Murray Press in ...

The Horne Section are releasing two albums featuring the music from their Channel 4 sitcom. The first, out now, features 22 tracks from series one of The Horne Section TV Show, including Grandaddy and ...

John Bishop says he will never forgive the system that jailed his father for a year. When the comedian was six his father Ernie was sent to prison after getting into a fight defending his mum.

Stephen Buchanan’s short The Dead Don’t Care has been nominated for a Scottish Royal Television Society Awars in the ‘short ...

Lucy Beaumont, Nick Mohammed , Joe Wilkinson , Alan Carr and Stephen Fry have been confirmed as taking part in Celebrity Traitors. The news will come as no surprise as the line-up has been widely ...

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has appeared in court over allegations he harassed a transgender woman The Irish comedy writer pleaded not guilty to that charge and another of criminal damage to ...

Channel 4 has released the first images from Pushers. starring comedian Rosie Jones in her first sitcom. Based on the Comedy ...