American comic Tim Dillon revealed that he was being paid $375,000 (£280,000) for his show, and claimed bigger names were receiving up to $1.6 million (£1.2million). Carr is sharing a bill with ...

Romesh Ranganathan has called out racists who've threatened his family after he made jokes about asylum seeker hotel protesters. The comic has revealed that his wife Leesa received online messages in ...

The Paper starts by emphasising its links to the old Office. The film crew turn up to Dunder Mifflin’s old Scranton HQ (1725 Slough Avenue, a nod to Wernham Hogg’s setting, which die-hard fans ...

The broadcaster’s chief content officer, Ian Katz, said that one episode ‘has broken the record for the most number of C-words I have had to sign off on than any other programme. so if you’re ...

British improv rapper Chris Turner has made the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent. The Manchester-born comic performed live to millions of viewers on NBC last night, with no script and only audience ...

Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said his officers had no choice but to arrest Graham Linehan over his anti-trans tweets. Officers at Heathrow, who are routinely armed, arrested the Father ...

The Paper – the new mockumentary spin-off from The Office – has been renewed for a second series the day before its first drops in the US. Show stars Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore revealed ...

Alternative comedy magazine Chaff is inviting submissions of its fourth edition. The magazine was set up by comedian Will BF and comedy producer Amber Ash, and recently published an Edinburgh Fringe ...

My Family star Robert Lindsay and Marina Bye from the Siblings double act have joined the cast of Channel 4’s hit comedy Big Mood. The news was announced as Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan and Lydia ...

The comic asks his guests Joe Thomas, London Hughes and Harriet Kemsley about what their algorithms serve them online. And he soon finds out that deadpan Thomas and livewire Hughes bring very ...

Brennan Reece has won an award for having the best joke at the Creatures Comedy Festival in Manchester. His winning gag was: ‘An online troll recently said I was "average". Which I thought was mean.

Graham Linehan has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence via social media posts. The Father Ted co-creator told how five armed officers greeted him off a plane from ...