Kevin Bridges is to make a documentary about the state of modern football, timed to coincide with Scotland’s return to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. The 60-minute film, Kevin Bridges: ...

Idle In Provence: A Brief History Of Thyme will be published by Ebury Press on September 10, tells the story of how the 81-year-old comedian bought a run-down house in Provence in 1971. He spent the ...

Comedians in Scotland are set to be guaranteed an annual salary of around £15,000 a year if the SNP returns to power in Holyrood, the party has vowed. In their newly published manifesto ahead of the ...

• Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death is on at Melbourne Town Hall at 7.30pm today and tomorrow and 6.30pm on Sunday.

Tarsh Jago has been heard by more attendees of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival than any other comedian, because it’s her voice acknowledging the traditional owners of the land that ...

To say Alexei Toliopoulos likes films would be like saying Bonnie Blue ‘might be up for it’, something of an understatement. A respected cinema reviewer as well as a comedian, he owns twice as many ...

• Sashi Perera: Pear Tree is on at ACMI at 7.30pm (6.30pm Sundays) until April 19. Extra show at 2.30pm on Sunday at Melbourne Town Hall.

James Acaster has lent his voice to a new video game. The comic plays The Narrator in Perchang World, a physics puzzle game launching on Apple Arcade next month. Although he has appeared in the ...

Steve Coogan has joined the second series of BBC comedy Funboys. The broadcaster has released an image of him in a period costume to promote the forthcoming series. He plays Phillip, a frustrated ...

Comedians taking part in the Halloween special of Last One Laughing will have to adhere to a new rule. Competitors will not only face eviction for laughing or smiling – but screaming too. And it’s ...

Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels has hailed the UK version of his venerable show as ‘smarter, funnier and more original’ than its American counterpart. The creator of the US comedy ...