Police training school comedy Piglets has been dropped after two series. ITV says there are ‘currently no plans’ for another run of the comedy, created by Green Wing producer Victoria Pile. The show ...

And the title of I Fell In Love With My Sleep Paralysis Demon, directed by Matthew J. Thompson, rather gives away who that bloke might be. The film won the audience award at Funny Shorts 2026 – ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's questions are all about comedians who ...

Samantha Bee is to star as the Canadian ambassador to Bulgaria in a new Canadian comedy series. Simply called The Ambassador, the show will star the Toronto-born comedian as a former actor turned ...

And now it has been announced that Armando Iannucci will be writing the next adventure for a rather milder-mannered creature –Paddington. The creator of Veep and The Thick Of It will be collaborating ...

Alex Horne has revealed a new wish list of comedians he’d like to be on Taskmaster. Speaking on Radio X this morning, the show’s creator said there are ‘plenty of people’ he still wants to join him ...

'Hilarious... It gets no better than this' (Time Out). Hundreds of millions of online views and Royal Variety star! 'True comedy legend... still at the top of his ...

Shows from Darren Harriott, Mary Bourke and Adrian Edmondson were among the gold winners at the New York Festivals Radio Awards. The Skewer, Radio 4’s satirical audio mash-up programme, was named best ...

Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley has written episodes of the new children's TV show Zog. The Britain's Got Talent winner revealed on social media that he had worked on the new CBeebies series about the ...

Four new season have been ordered of each of the long-running US animated comedies The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers and American Dad! All will be returning to the Fox network – in American’s ...

Amy Annette, Matt Hutchinson and Ray Bradshaw are all recording their stand-up specials for Radio 4. Annette’s show is called I Survived The Noughties and is described as a ‘part nostalgia trip, part ...

Lenny Bruce’s daughter Kitty has died at the age of 70. The legendary American comedian’s only child died of a blood clot during a knee replacement surgery, US media have reported.