Channel 4 and Northern Ireland Screen have selected three half-hour scripts to be written as part of the broadcaster’s Comedy Lab in Northern Ireland, offering a major opportunity for writers to ...

The BBC has ordered a ‘darkly comedic’ crime drama based on the novels of former comic Caimh McDonnell and co-created by ex stand-up Chris Addison. Addison, now a director and writer whose credits ...

A Brazilian comedian has been jailed for eight years and three months for making offensive jokes in a stand-up special. A federal court in São Paulo said Leo Lins’s work contributed to ‘the spread of ...

Character comedian Ted Milligan has been given financial backing for his Edinburgh Fringe show from London’s Seven Dials Playhouse. The news comes as the Best in Class initiative also announces the ...

Katherine Ryan has revealed she is pregnant with her fourth child. The 41-year-old comic appeared at an SXSW event in London on Monday with a visible baby bump and subsequently confirmed the news to ...