Wartime comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to transfer to Broadway next year, The show will open at the 800-seater Golden Theatre on March 20, becoming the theatre’s first musical since Avenue Q ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz – and this is the 300th to be compiled by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker, so we've let him ask questions all ...

In the distinctive theme tune of the BBC hit, a man can be heard shouting ‘hey!’ every few minutes – and that voice is none other than Matt Berry’s. The star of Garth Merenghi, The IT Crowd and so ...

Ghosts co-creators Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond are working on an animated series set in a hospital. In Case of Emergency is in development for Netflix and is said to take its inspiration from ...

It’s been more than 30 years since Sam Malone called time on Cheers. But now the bar-based sitcom could be set for a British remake, it has been revealed. Simon Nye, the writer known for Men Behaving ...

The David Mitchell and Robert Webb sitcom Back could be heading for a US remake. Writer Simon Blackwell, whose credits also include Veep and Breeders, is working on an adaptation for the HBO.

Comedy is both a rebellious act and a survival mechanism. I don't really see comedy and drama as separate—they naturally ...

27/09/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives his verdict on two visiting avant-garde American comics in the latest edition of his fortnightly comedy diary.