2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (585+ words) An instantly recognisable figure in his floppy hat and mixed-up wellies, he kept his act gentle and family-friendly Jimmy Cricket, who has died aged 80, purveyed old-school gags with an ingenuous charm that made him one of the most popular comedians…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (773+ words) He was both an exuberant member of the Goodies and a notoriously grumpy ornithologist Bill Oddie, who has died aged 85, was Britain’s best-known bird-watcher, and as the short, bearded, right-on member of the anarchic television comedy trio known as The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (426+ words) The ‘novelty candidate’ feels like the final destination of what passes today for British satire, an unfunny joke with no point I have today muted the words “Count Binface” from my X feed. There is already more than enough heated…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (615+ words) Novelty candidate loves to take on high-profile politicians at elections – and is seemingly Farage’s only Clacton challenger Nick has covered one of the most turbulent periods in modern British political history, encompassing the rise and fall of four prime ministers,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1304+ words) Twenty-five years on, it’s hard to imagine Ricky Gervais’s hit struggling for success. But broadcaster and viewers took time to convince Tom Fordy is a features writer and culture journalist specialising in cinematic profiles, media commentary, and broad cultural reporting....

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (601+ words) The streaming giant is embracing stand-ups like Louis CK and Dave Chapelle – and putting the politically correct BBC to shame But in 2017, a newspaper report revealed that CK had a dirty secret – his tendency to masturbate in front of female…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (393+ words) As the comedy legend turns 100, our chief film critic evaluates the 11 features he directed Robbie Collin has been a film critic for 20 years, during which time his reviews have seen him temporarily blacklisted by two major studios, dressed down in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (497+ words) The infamous curmudgeon ropes in the former president to help tell the story of American independence in his star-studded new series Anita Singh joined the Telegraph in 2008, covering television, books, music, film and popular culture, and has written extensively about…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (252+ words) The Truth, Florian Zeller’s slippery comedy of lies and infidelity, returns with a hugely entertaining revival Dominic Cavendish has been writing about theatre and comedy since the mid-1990s and became the Telegraph's lead theatre critic in 2014. See more He is…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (435+ words) Learn all about this side-splitting show and book The Comedy About Spies tickets now This hit production by Mischief, creators of The Play That Goes Wrong and numerous other brilliant comedies, is a knowingly silly spoof of the spy genre…...