Publisher HarperCollins UK has dropped David Walliams from its roster – stats g that it will not republishing any more of his bestselling children’s books. A spokesman for the publisher told the BBC: ...

The BBC has issued a formal response to Robin Ince ’s decision to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage. As Chortle was first to report at the weekend, the comedian says he felt compelled to leave the ...

Acaster was on the show with his Off Menu co-host Ed Gamble. The outburst in the final minutes of the live broadcast came after viewers picked Gamble's tapas over Acaster's unconventional panettone ...

The Mandy Who Knew Too Much still features in listings magazines as going out at 10:25pm on Monday, but the episode’s page has vanished from the BBC website and iPlayer. Its absence was first spotted ...

In an emotional video recorded outside court, a tearful Nelmes said: ‘I’m coming home tomorrow. It hasn’t really sunk in yet - I don’t think it will until I get on the plane. I’m coming home!’ And ...

MacAulay revealed his cancer diagnosis in July. He said he had no symptoms but got checked out because of his family history. His father – also named Fred – died aged 73 in 2002 having had prostate ...

CNN has renewed the American version of Have I Got News For You for a fourth season. Roy Wood Jr will retun as host along with team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black the the show returns on ...

The raft of comedians taking part in this year’s Celebrity Mastermind has been revealed. This year’s season kicks off on Monday with comic Desiree Burch competing against newsreader Maryam Moshiri, ...

Here's the trailer for The Sheep Detectives – starring Hugh Jackman a shepherd called George who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But ...

Angela Barnes is to host a new live tour celebrating the 75th anniversary of Radio 4’s The Archers.

With The 12 Beans Of Christmas built on the audience participating in all manner of silly activities, it could almost be considered a surreal successor to vintage prime-time gameshows like The ...

Applications are open for working-class comedians to take part in the Best in Class programme at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe.