A new Joke of the Fringe contest is being launched at Edinburgh this summer. As the contest is being sponsored by Cheez-It snacks, organisers will be looking for the ‘Cheeziest’ gag of the festival to ...

What did the closure of the coal mines and the rise of Mr Blobby have in common? More than you might think, as this hard-hitting and harrowing documentary proves. Saturday Night Live UK exposed the ...

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee. The comic came to warn of the end of the world as contestant Melanie Bracewell, Anne Edmonds, Andy Saunders and Frank Woodley tried to spell the Latin names of ...

The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein (Will Ferrell) paid a visit to President Trump (James Austin Johnson) in the opening sketch of last night's Saturday Night Live in the US. 'So what are you up to these ...

Two words about Saturday Night Live UK as its first season draws to a close: nailed it. The show has been a triumph, overcoming typical British cynicism that we could ever pull off a home-grown ...

Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts. The Inside No 9 co-creator has also provided illustrations for Things I Took From The Dark: The Museum Of ...

A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint. Headlining the ensemble are John Bradley – who played ...

In a Travelodge in Bromsgrove, Louis Theroux interviews the one person he’s never managed to before.... Ncuti Gatwa, Al Nash, and Larry Dean – plus a special guest – featuring in this sketch from last ...

Modern-day clowning’s been going through a purple patch in recent Fringes, and this year looks like being no exception, with the absurd, physical, character acts out in force once more. Here’s just ...

Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. ROBIN WILLIAMS IN BOSTON 2008: The late comic's official channel is releasing full shows of Williams as he travels the US working on his ...

As always, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled the week's biggest news on Saturday Night Live last night. They covered Donald Trump meeting with Xi Jinping i ...

Think Abba and you think big camp party music, sure to get the aunties on the dancefloor at any wedding. But Jenny Ryan has deprived her show of much of that glitzy celebratory mood for a drier, often ...