An Indonesian comedian has been jailed for seven months for making a joke involving the name ‘Muhammad’. Aulia Rakhman was found guilty of violating blasphemy laws for the gag, made during a show in ...

Hardman comedy character Mad Ron is launching a podcast on Monday. In Where Did It All Go Ron? ‘Uxbridge’s third hardest man’ finds himself banged up in HMP Nettlebed, where he is allowed only one ...

Katherine Ryan has extended her Battleaxe tour into the summer 2025. The Canadian comic has added 19 new shows in May and June next year, with tickets going on sale on Friday. The tour kicks off at ...

Billy Connolly is to look back at his career in a significant new BBC film. The comedian is one of the stars to be profiled in a new strand of documentaries called In My Own Words – a series of ...

The biggest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe have combined to offer a membership scheme offering free tickets and cut-price food and drink. Love The Fringe costs from £20 a year – giving subscribers ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.

Paddy McGuinness is to learn about his family history in the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? In the BBC series, the comedian finds out about his grandfather’s key role during World War Two ...

This Country star Charlie Cooper is to front a BBC show looking at Britain’s ‘gloriously bonkers’ rural myths. Provisionally titled Charlie Cooper’s Local Legends, the three-part ‘funny factual’ ...

Comedians collectively owed thousands of pounds by Liverpool’s Laughterhouse comedy club have gone public with their concerns. The ‘unacceptable’ situation comes as London’s 21Soho has again been ...

Sophie Duker is to host this year’s prestigious Rose d’Or international TV awards, it has been announced. The Taskmaster champ and panel show regular will be overseeing the ceremony at King’s Place, ...

Channel 4 has ordered a pilot episode of the James Acaster quiz show People Person. Chortle first revealed the comedian was developing the format for television in February, when he hosted a ...