The Office is getting a Mexican remake, La Oficina. Hot on the heels of the Australian version, starring Felicity Ward, Amazon’s Prime Video is to embark on the new version that will only be available ...

Lindsey Santoro and Dan Tiernan are recording Radio 4 stand-up shows in December. The Lively Life Of Lindsey Santoto will be taped in the Glee Club in her Birmingham hometown on December 4, and will ...

Darren Harriott, Joanne McNally and Jon Richardson are to turn their hand to interior design for Children in Need. The comics are taking part in the first celebrity special edition of Interior Design ...

The seven funniest books of the year have been announced – at least according to the judges of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.

Stewart Lee has revealed that he once experienced a ‘time slip’. The comedian said he was in the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire when he was suddenly transported back to before it was dissolved ...

Here’s a second bath of outtakes from series 18 of Taskmaster. The 13-minute clip starts with Babatunde Aleshe struggling to ...

Horrible Histories is to be presented with a special Bafta award next month, it has been announced. The academy says it is in recognition of the CBBC sketch show’s ‘extraordinary cultural and social ...

The show – frotned by Rose Matafeo with Mike Wozniak as her assistant – will go out in a primetime 8pm slot. Unlike the adult series, the kids’ version features five different contestants in each of ...

The BBC has ordered two more series of We Might Regret This.

One of the most coveted titles in comedy is to be contested again… with the Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Championship returing next year. Those vying for the title will include Phil Wang, Rosie Jones ...

It’s an impossible task, of course, finding the next Sean Lock. But while he is inimitable, kudos to Channel 4 for keeping his spirit alive with their award highlighting comedians who strive to be off ...

Mel Giedroyc is to host a new ITV version of Pictionary. The broadcaster has ordered 25 half-hour episodes of the show, starting with a Christmas special. She said: ‘Everyone is familiar with ...