The 39 Steps to close after nine years

The 39 Steps will close in September after nine years in the West End.

Filming starts in Bristol on Series 5 of Trollied

Filming for the new series of Sky1's comedy Trollied began at Bristol's Bottle Yard Studios today.

5 things no Fringe performer should be without

The Edinburgh Fringe can be a funny old time for performers. It represents the culmination of a year's hard work writing and rehearsing a show. Artists will have invested a huge amount both financially and emotionally and the gruelling slog of bringing the show to the public, while exhilerating and hugely rewarding, can be a big challenge too.

Audio - Gary: Tank Commander breaks cover

The camp squaddie is set to storm The SSE Hydro in Glasgow with a live show and he tells us in this interview: "This is the best idea anyone's ever had, so that's why we're daein it."

Radio Times review

Whatever you think of the Knight Rider and Baywatch star, beacon of freedom and inspiration for the end of the Cold War David Hasselhoff, there's no doubting that he's a good sport.

Dave's excellent spoof documentary imagines "The Hoff" down on his luck and keen to kickstart his career in England. At Stansted airport he's greeted by superfan mini-cab driver (the excellent Asim Chaudhry) and an inept, inexperienced assistant, and taken to a rundown hotel. And the fun starts.

No subject or humiliation is off limits as he's forced to compete with a dwarf actor for the role of himself. He's then forced to watch a show-off LA luvvie getting praise for doing a better Michael Knight than the man who played him for 98 hours in the hit 80s drama. Exquisite.

How David Hasselhoff turned his own life into TV gold

It's not exactly Baywatch or Knight Rider... but David Hasselhoff has made a career out of appearing ridiculous.

Just Good Friends star Paul Nicholas to join EastEnders

Just Good Friends actor Paul Nicholas is joining EastEnders to play the estranged husband of Gillian Taylforth's character Kathy.

'Episodes' creators embark on DIY Emmy campaign

Feeling that their show is being outmuscled big time by rivals in the Emmy campaign, David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik decided to take things into their hands with an ad they scribbled on a white sheet of paper.

Diane Chorley, comedy review

It was an evening of fun with this original Essex girl, as funny as a musical gig gets.

Hanging with the Hoff

Where does David Hasselhoff end and his booming alter-ego 'The Hoff' begin? Peter Robinson goes on set for his comedy series, Hoff The Record, to find out.

Burt Lancaster's sexual attack on comic Sara Mason

Sara Mason's first full-length Edinburgh Fringe show is billed as comedy and is titled Burt Lancaster Pierced My Hymen (When I Was 11). This is not hyperbole. It is true - with all that the title implies.

Pearl & Dean launches comedy brand film

British cinema advertising company Pearl & Dean is set to launch a three-minute comedy brand film tomorrow (19 June) which will debut during the movie version of pi[Entourage[/i].

Ken Dodd calls for Dudley Hippodrome to be saved

Dudley Hippodrome was a beautiful theatre and can be again - so says legendary comic Ken Dodd.

Interview: Luisa Omielan

Luisa Omielan is a clowning powerhouse, both onstage and online. Bruce Dessau hears how she became a wise-cracking symbol of female empowerment.

Arthur Smith: You're never too old to take the mic

When I started in comedy there were no competitions and I was already too old to be eligible for the first of the 'new act of the year' shows - so I compered them instead.

Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan interview

Everyone on Twitter knows who Rob Delaney is -- the acerbic Boston-bred comic is one of the platform's most ubiquitous voices -- and everyone across the pond is in love with the smart, sharp humor of Irish comedian Sharon Horgan. Now, the two comics have joined forces for the hilarious new Amazon sitcom, Catastrophe. Even though Delaney and Horgan are both Twitter superstars, don't expect the social media platform to have anything at all to do with the show.

Hoff the Record, episode one, review

David Hasselhoff's mockumentary is a terrific addition to a well-worn format, says Michael Hogan.

Not Safe For Work preview

I'm pretty confident that if Not Safe For Work was labelled a drama it will perform better than as a comedy drama. The main reason being that people will tune in expecting laughs, and if I'm honest, they won't get them.

49 +3 shows to see #EdFringe15

It's been two weeks now since the official programme launch, and we've finally made it through all 439 pages, featuring over 3,330 shows. Needless to say we're VERY excited for what this year's Fringe has in store.