That said, it WAS a tough decision crowning the winner of the 2025 Raw competition run by the Melbourne comedy festival, with plenty to commend most of the finalists in their five-minute sets.

THE GREAT CELEBRITY BAKE OFF FOR STAND UP TO CANCER: The series concludes with Ghosts star Jim Howick, Gloria Hunniford OBE, model Ellie Goldstein and comic Jamali Maddix taking on a retro recipe for ...

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For the snappily-named Can You Smell That? Must Be A Queen Going Off! is just as much over-the-top camp fun as her act with hubby Joseph Moore, with Daniel bringing stadium-level energy to her ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week it's all about Simons... Good luck!

The finals of Sketch Off! – the UK’s premier competition for sketch and character comedy – makes for a lovely occasion to see ...

Known as a career-launcher across the globe, SNL is an interesting and unusual prospect for a comedy scene already in flux. With online comedy undoubtedly king in a digital age, the introduction of a ...

Mike Berry, who was the last surviving main cast member of Are You Being Served?, has died at the age of 82. He played junior salesman Mr Spooner in the last three series of the BBC sitcom in the ...

Sky is making a British version of American comedy institution Saturday Night Live. Lorne Michaels, who created the original 50 years ago, will executive produce the new version, which is set to air ...

The Burton Brothers were one of the finds of last year’s Melbourne comedy festival, with their distinctive, tightly scripted show set entirely in 1925.

It will come as little surprise, but Have I Got News For You will tonight mock Donald Trump’s flip-flopping over tariffs, sending global economies haywire. Speaking about the chaos, Ian Hislop said: ...

Mrs Brown's Boys is to return to BBC One. The new episodes will comprise the fifth series of Brendan O’Carroll’s love-it-or-hate-it sitcom outside the Christmas specials and come two years after the ...