A ‘total chump’ is to receive no compensation for rescuing children from fire . The dim-witted sucker rushed into the burning building without settling financial terms in advance.

Comedian and doctor Ed Patrick has recalled how he saved his mother’s life with the help of AI. It happened after he had been called by hospital staff who told him that his mother, Ann, who suffers ...

Mike Jones is standing down as managing director of The Stand comedy clubs after seven years in the post. The chain – which has branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle – says he will be leaving ...

Men want to be him. Women want their boyfriends to stop showing them his videos. The King of the Internet Jungle is back where he belongs, doing stand-up in front of a live audience. After the ...

The BBC is bringing back its Fame Under Fire podcast to offer in-depth coverage of Russell Brand’s forthcoming trial. The former comedian is due in court from October 12 to face three counts of rape, ...

Comedians Shabaz Ali, Jay Foreman, Mhairi Black and Leigh Francis are taking part in the next series of the BBC’s Pilgrimage. It has not yet been revealed which ancient pilgrim route they will follow ...

Artwork advertising Li Jin Hao and Hannah Platt’s shows have won this year’s Comedy Poster Awards. The promo for Li’s Falling From a Moon won the panel prize, decided by a jury of experts. The comic ...

Friends. Shot in 50 depressingly muted shades of brown, this show’s heart is in the grim realities of moving to the big city in 2026. The couple think themselves lucky to land not to an impossibly ...

Channel 4 has pulled the plug on Travel Man after a decade. The show, fronted by Joe Lycett, has not aired since early last year – and now The Sun reports that the show has been axed. It was ...

I have cerebral palsy. Because of the way I walk and speak, I’ve been laughed at, refused service and treated as though I can’t look after myself. One incident might seem small, but when it happens ...

Nick Mohammed, Sam Nicoresti and Susie McCabe have been nominated in the comedy category of this year's Sky Arts Awards. They have all been shortlisted for their live shows Show Pony, Baby Doomer and ...

Channel 4's digital channel A Comedy Thing has struck its first branded partnership, teaming up with the men's health charity Movember to make a gameshow called Guess The Moustache. Dropping on ...