Si Hawkins reports back from a weekend at the Brighton Fringe, where he saw acts including Sam See, Madeleine Brettingham, ...

Jon Petrie, the BBC's Director of Comedy, has confirmed that he is leaving the BBC to join Hat Trick Productions as creative ...

Daniel Kitson has announced his first major tour in over a decade. He'll perform Thrum across over 30 venues in September, October and November. Writing on his mailing list, he explains: "So, the fact ...

Elijah Young, who plays Stewart in Smoggie Queens, has written and will star in a new BBC comedy short set around a sandwich shop. Sarnies, which will be filmed by Gateshead based production company ...

TV comedy drama BBC Two 2014 - 2024 55 episodes (9 series) ...

Channel 4 Since 1982, Channel 4 has been investing in cult sitcoms and cutting edge comedy projects. As a result, it has broadcast many of the darker and more controversial comedies in our database, ...

Paddington 2 2017 film Acclaimed film sequel. Paddington Bear finds himself incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim ...

Radio panel show BBC Radio Scotland 2015 - 2026 343 episodes (33 series) ...

Actor, writer and director Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire in 1890. He joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors in 1910, and the group - which also included Charlie Chaplin - ...

In the preeminent of England's five great Edwardian industrial towns, ambitious washerwoman's son Denry Machin feels in no way constrained by the normal societal limitations and expectations of the ...

Sir Ken Dodd OBE was an English stand-up comedian, singer and writer, active on stage, television and radio. A devoted scholar, practitioner and proponent of comedy in all its forms, Dodd enjoyed an ...

Channel 4 takes a look back at 30 years of iconic comedy shows with a two-hour documentary telling the stories behind them and looking at the enduring appeal and extraordinary influence they have on ...