Monty Python are to be commemorated in a new series of stamps. Royal Mail today announced that a set of ten designs will feature a montage of scenes and cut-out illustrations to capture the troupe’s ...

Reece Shearsmith, Meera Syal and Lolly Adefope have joined the cast of Apple TV’s forthcoming series Prodigies. The show has been created and written by Will Sharpe, as recently seen in White Lotus ...

Comedian Robin Morgan has landed a regular presenting slot on BBC Radio Wales. The stand-up will be on air for three hours on Sundays from midday, starting in September.

To demonstrate a comedy-writer’s job is safe from AI, Keen gets ChatGPT to write a routine on the spot and in the style of John Bishop. Of course, it’s not great – though I’ve seen human open spots ...

Yes, in its early moments the wittily-titled Let Me Get This Off My Chest can sometimes feel like a TED Talk, but a very good, very funny one, artfully structured with the empowering message of ...

Rather than being an out-and-out comedy show, Tall Child is more of a rounded piece of politically charged art, created to make an impression rather than laughs end-to-end. But a tart, vinegary humour ...

‘And it really pisses me off really, to be honest.’ • Sir Tony’s episode of How to Fail with Elizabeth Day is out today. While Sir Tony will be touring An Evening with Sir Tony Robinson – From ...

And so it is in Broad Strokes, with Cohen’s witty storytelling and aloof one-liners perfectly married to her superstar performance to produce an impressive and funny piece of work.

Amy Mason recalls the time she got hacked – with the crooks bizarrely using her details to order a consignment of sex toys to her Bristol house. And that left her with the dilemma of what to do with ...

Theo Mason Wood calls his show ‘genre-defying’. A less generous observer – OK, me – would call it a mess, with the Berlin-based comedian throwing all manner of styles at the wall, but finding few that ...

Monica Dolan has joined the supporting cast for the second series of the BBC's Middlesbrough-based comedy Smoggie Queens. However, it’s not yet clear what role the Sherwood and Mr Bates vs The Post ...

MPs are officially calling on the government to recognise live comedy as an art form in its own right. The chair of the cross-party culture committee in the Commons has written to Arts Minister Chris ...