‘I get offered weird programmes all the time.’ he told the Daily Star Sunday. ‘One of them was going to be called Celebrity Embalmer. It would be about someone dying and then someone coming in to ...

Since appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, Bill Bailey says he’s been induced with bizarre requests for celebrity reality shows. And the weirdest of the lot? Celebrity Embalmers, where stars would get ...

Armando Iannucci is working on a satirical movie about social media. He is writing a script with Jon Brown, showrunner on The Franchise comedy that he co-created about shooting a superhero movie.

LONDON: The glorious chaos of Stamptown Comedy Night comes to Leicester Square Theatre for one night only, overseen by Zack Zucker's desperate-for-love, sound-effects dependent stand-up alter ego Jack ...

Comedian Lucy Beaumont this week floated the idea of erecting a memorial to the Royle Family and Mrs Merton star in the ...

A giant stained-glassed inspired artwork dedicated to The Vicar of Dibley was unveiled yesterday to celebrate the 30th ...

The American version Have I Got News For You has been recommissioned for a second season. Hosted by Roy Wood Jr – along with team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black – the show will return ...

Ted Lasso star Phil Dunster has confirmed that season 4 of the hit show is happening – but he’s yet to get the phone call confirming he’ll be in it. Dunster – who plays AFC Richmond’s star striker ...

Welsh topical comedy show What Just Happened? is coming to TV after two series on the radio. Host Robin Morgan and resident panellist Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be looking back at the events of 2024 ...

Nick Mohammed’s festive tale A Christmas Carol (ish) has had a bumpy launch in the West End – with the official first night performance abandoned after being plagued by technical issues.

James Corden, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and Ruth Jones lined up against a wall as they filmed the final every episode, just as they did when the comedy started. The BBC has released the image as it ...

Joe Kent-Walters is recording a Radio 4 comedy show in the guise of his alter-ego Frankie Monroe. In Frankie Monroe's Pub Quiz, the winner of last year’s BBC New Comedy Award will ask questions of the ...