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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An unusual snippet of comedy trivia comes via the Popbitch gossip newsletter today. The celebrity website used its Boxing Day edition to look back at the notable deaths of 2024, including Camila ...

Note this review inevitably contains some spoilers for the episode which has just aired on BBC One, though we’ve tried to keep them to a minimum Well, that was an utter delight. Gavin & Stacey has ...