Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall made a solid start at the UK box office. It was the only new release of the weekend to make it into the top five, according to industry website Screen Daily with a ...

Jimmy Carr has broken his silence about performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival this autumn.

Matt King is writing a memoir in the guise of his Peep Show character Super Hans. Moreish – the title coming from his druggy alter-ego’s feelings toward crack cocaine – will be published by Harper ...

The enduring comedy of Doctor in the House is to have a new incarnation as a podcast. An audio version launching on Sunday will bring Richard Gordon's comedy about misbehaving medical students aims to ...

Seinfeld wrote of Reiner: ‘Our show would have never happened without him. He saw something no one else could. When nobody at the network liked the early episodes, he saved us from cancellation.’ ...

Nick Reiner – the son of Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele – has been arrested after the couple were found dead in their Los Angeles home yesterday. The 32-year-old has been charged ...

Unseen footage from Only Fools And Horses is to air in a U&Gold documentary next year. Stars including David Jason will look over some of the never-before-seen footage in the two-part series, Only ...

Tom Basden and Tim Key are up for more film awards for their comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island. The movie – directed by James Griffiths, from a script by the two comedians – is up for British or ...

Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home in what police are treating as a double murder. Police and firefighters were called to the couple's ...

A joke about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor losing his titles over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has won the annual competition to find the best new Christmas cracker joke. Ben Smith, from ...

Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.

Justin Moorhouse has announced the tragic death of his son Barney, who was in his 20s. The stand-up, from Ashton-under-Lyne, posted a tribute on social media yesterday, writing: ‘It is with the ...