Fatiha El-Ghorri has announced her debut stand-up show with 11 UK dates this spring The 44-year-old Hackney-born comedian, who became a breakout star on the 19th series of Taskmaster will perform ...

A tiny incongruity in the highly watchable Is This Thing On?, this moment is one of only a few passing nods that the US film makes to being based on John Bishop 's stand-up origin story.

BRUV. The break-out star of Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff is only embarking on her first ever stand-up tour, isn’t she?! Fatiha’s ironed her swaggest hijab and she’s ready to hit the road to serve up her ...

London’s Banana Cabaret comedy club – one of the oldest in the UK and the place where Eddie Izzard first performed stand-up – is to close after 43 years.

Radio 4 has ordered a second series of Why In The Name Of Pierre Novellie? The comedian confirmed the news as the last episode in the current series just finished airing. Four more episodes will be ...

Brett Domino thinks his girlfriend might be A.I. The comic got suspicious about her lack of opinions – and weird graphic glitches – so decided to put it all in a song: ...

Comedy clubs WILL benefit from a new government business rates package, after an industry body queried their apparent exclusion.

Eddie Kadi will return as host of the Mobo Awards this year, it has been announced. Kadi, who co-hosted last year’s event, will share presenting duties with American rapper Eve as the awards mark ...

If you’ve ever wanted to dress up as your favourite character from ITV sitcom Benidorm, you’re in luck. The rights-holders to the comedy, Banijay, has signed a deal with clothing specialists Blues ...

Apple TV has renewed Shrinking for a fourth series, before the third has aired. The series – co-created by British comic Brett Goldstein – stars Jason Segel as a grieving therapist who becomes ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's questions are all about the year 1984.