Rachel Fairburn started doing stand up in January 2007, and was a finalist in both the Funny Women and City Life North-West Comedian Of The Year competitions the following year.

Shazia Mirza is writing her memoirs about her life before becoming aomedian. The stand-up grew up in strictly religious family in Birmingham and was a science teacher in a ‘really rough’ comprehensive ...

While the weary but loving chemistry between Dennis and Skinner – who became a real-life couple since the last Christmas special – is very appealing, something is undoubtedly missing from the show now ...

In Bad Tidings, McCausland revives the relationship with Lee Mack that began with a guest appearance on Not Going Out – of ...

Charlie Brooker says he has considered making a Black Mirror / Philomena Cunk crossover. The creator of both shows admitted he had the idea of an episode in which the dimwitted talking head, as played ...

He’s no stranger to critical pile-ons himself, and now Ben Elton has leapt to the defence of probably the most-derided comedy ...

Here’s Larry Dean recalling his first ever gig – and how it didn’t go well. The comic recalls: ‘I tried to be as offensive as ...

The Gavin and Stacey finale has - unsurprisingly – won the Christmas Day ratings battle, attracting an average of 12.3 million viewers, It was the largest Christmas Day audience in 14 years. Overnight ...

Well, that was an utter delight. Gavin & Stacey has ended its remarkable 17-year journey from modest BBC Three sitcom to primetime BBC One Christmas Day blockbuster in perfect style, full of heart and ...

It deals directly and openly with Nicoresti coming out as trans, first to themself and then to the wider world, and wrestles explicitly with the attempts of the right to suppress trans rights and ...

I don't care if they're the posh ones or the cheap ones, I don’t care if they’re the big ones or those tiny little dinky ones. Weather it’s got a solid top or a lattice crown.

Chris McCausland will deliver this year’s s alternative Christmas message on Channel 4. The comic landed the high-profile slot after becoming the first blind person to win Strictly Come Dancing, and ...