Kevin Bridges donates football shirt fund to charity

Big-hearted Glasgow comic Kevin Bridges has donated his top from Soccer Aid 2014 to raise funds for the Tartan Army Children's Charity.

The ghost of sitcom future

The general trend over the last thirty years, however, has undoubtedly been towards single camera comedy which, I worry, is slowly killing off the studio sitcom.

Jon Richardson interview

An interview from Channel 4 with comedian Jon Richardson, promoting his new documentary How to Survive the End of the World.

MyAnna Buring comedy gets international sales deal

Hot Property, the UK indie comedy starring MyAnna Buring, has secured an international sales deal with US outfit Octane Entertainment, who will be selling the title at this week's European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.

Returning to comedy after straight acting

I'm what they call a "serious actress". No, seriously. I have worked at St Paul's Cathedral during the Occupy London protests at the Donmar Warehouse, jumped in front of a train in 19th Century Russia at the Hampstead Theatre, and even done a stint as a prostitute at the National. The performers in my new musical Prom Kween are mostly classically trained, have credits including the Almeida, Royal Shakespeare Company and ITV Drama amongst them.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge eyed for Star Wars Han Solo movie

Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is being considered for a part in the new Star Wars Han Solo spin-off, according to reports from Hollywood insiders.

Chewing Gum: this is the future of comedy

From its sex clubs to its seedy zoophilia rings, Chewing Gum is always close to the knuckle - and it's taking British comedy to gruesome, gleeful new heights.

Sara Pascoe to adapt Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Stand-up comic Sara Pascoe will adapt Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as part of Giles Croft's final season as artistic director at Nottingham Playhouse.

Angelos & Barry, comedy review

This stage spin-off of a podcast offers plenty to relish once you've tuned into its wavelength.

Leicester Comedy Festival 2017 recommendations

The Leicester Comedy Festival kicked off this week, running to February 26 yet another host of established acts and newcomers putting on finely hone, completed shows and works-in-progress shows at venues across the city.

Brass Eye 20 years on: the unstoppable genius of Morris

I'll be honest. Putting the Brass Eye DVD into the player, I was worried about how the series would have aged. Fully 20 years to the month from when it was first broadcast, how would it stand up to being revisited? After all, this was satire at its most cutting, directly addressing the issues of the time: surely it would have dated like crazy?

Will there be a third series of Chewing Gum?

No decision yet - but both the star and Channel 4 are believed to be keen for more of the E4 hit.

Russell Kane and Katy Brand's joy at seeing baby born

Russell Kane and Katy Brand have told of their joy about a baby being born safely at a health centre on the first day of a charity trip across East Africa, during which they are delivering crucial supplies for Comic Relief.

'Absolute gent' Russell Brand creates waves at salon

Comedian and film star Russell Brand was described as "an absolute gent" after he popped in to say hello to the customers of a Hartlepool hair salon.

He was on a break from filming a TV show at the local hospital when he walked past Uppal Cutz and the ladies who were in the salon on Wednesday afternoon spotted him and waved.

The 8 best sitcom romances ever

With Valentine's Day approaching, love is in the air on Gold - so here is our list of comedy relationship favourites.

Review: Angelos & Barry

They are both marginalised characters on the edge of society - either from bored self-destruction, or simply by being old and forgotten. So when Angelos Epithemiou and 82-year-old Barry From Watford team up for a podcast a couple of years back, it made perfect sense.

The Party review

The personal and the political clash in The Party, Sally Potter's first film since 2012's Ginger & Rosa. It's a curt, nasty and deftly acted chamber piece high on laughs and savagery about frustrated idealism and how little it takes to make society fall to pieces.

Ricky Gervais meets Garry Shandling: Most awkward yet

When Shandling makes a coffee and Gervais is stunned not to be offered one, it is the closest television has ever got to truth and feels genuinely hard to watch.