The letters R, O, E, A, X, L, H, E and N were drawn by Rachel Riley for the contestants to try to make a word from. They came up with the six-letter words ‘exhale and ‘hoaxer’, while in Dictionary ...

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The campaign to erect a statue of Terry Jones in his seaside hometown of Colwyn Bay hits its £120,000 target in less than six ...

Comedians Jason Manford, Asim Chaudhry, Mawaan Rizwan and Katherine Ryan have joined the cast of Sky’s next festive comedy film, Tinsel Town. They will star alongside the previously announced Kiefer ...

Peter Kay tribute act Simon Mark has died unexpectedly in his sleep, leaving his loved ones in ‘massive shock’. The performer ...

The top price of the sale was Charles Conder’s painting Sand dunes, Ambleteuse which sold for £239,400, while a first edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, inscribed by the author ...

In C-Bomb – Projectile Love, the comedy musician sings about how my love for you is spewing out in powerful jets’. And if that isn’t an unpleasant enough image, the video makes it explicit… ...

Alan Carr is to front a new Channel 4 reality show seeking to uncover ‘the country’s most gifted and unsung minds’. The comic will front Britain’s Secret Genius with Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent ...

Samantha Day has been crowned winner of the Silver Stand-Up competition at Leicester Comedy Festival. The event, established in 2021, aims to celebrate comedians aged 55+, both established and up and ...

Comics: JoJo Sutherland, Mary Bourke 'Free speech' comedy night. Plus: Katie Hopkins, Blank Peng, Cressida Wetton ...

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a new sketch show. The comedians will be joined by ensemble cast of next generation writer/performers: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, ...

• Don't Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside is published today by Bedford Square Publishers. It is available from Amazon for £5.99 on Kindle and £12.99 in hardback, or – or from uk.bookshop.org, below, ...