Nick Mohammed’s character Mr Swallow embodies some of the same contradictions as Tommy Cooper. His giddy, erratic demeanour ...

The new date is Saturday July 26, 2025, and goes on sale at 10am tomorrow. The record-breaking comedy tour started in Manchester in December 2022.

The most powerful tribute came from poet Roger McGough. who dubbed Innes ‘the urbane spaceman’ before offering a moving and poignant – but never saccharine – reflection on the first and last time they ...

Rob Beckett is hosting a run-though of a possible new panel show based around conflicts. The as-yet-untitled show will revolve around 'petty peeves, outrageous incidents, and confusing family drama' ...

A gladiator suspects his ancient Roman audience might not be fully engaged with his fight to the death in this parody from Canadian sketch show This Hour Has 22 Minutes ...

Richard Gadd has been named the most significant cultural figure in Scotland this year. The comedian has topped The List’s annual list of the 100 ‘genre-bending, mind-expanding creatives who have ...

Shetland-born stand-up Marjolein Robertson is taking her show O on tour in 2025. It is based on the comedian’s menstrual health issues, with and caused nine audience members to faint when it was ...

James Acaster admits he’s been taken in by the pranks on Michael McIntyre ’s Send To All feature – but has now wised up to the ruse and turned the tables on his fellow comic.

In similar vein, the Zaltgeist is vaguely bookmarked by him considering what he should teach his teenage sons about the state of the world amid a tsunami of misinformation and toxic distractions ...

And Joe Lycett vs Sewage has been nominated for best original programme where it is up against fellow Channel 4 show Banged Up: Stars Behind Bars, Partygate, The Jury: Murder Trial and The Underdog: ...

Ahir Shah has made a new radio series for Radio 4. Seven Blunders Of The World will be based around what Mahatma Gandhi called the ‘Seven Social Sins’. Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience ...