This month marks 50 years since the first episode of Steptoe and Son aired - and we may have the star of legendary writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's previous hit to thank for its existence.

If Tony Hancock had agreed to make Galton and Simpson's film The...

In a world where 'celebrities' clamour for media attention like orange-hued Oliver Twists around a bowl of camel foot-infused gruel, here's a salutary lesson from some genuine superstars.

Please, please me by allowing me to take you back to one night in 1965. The 27 August, in fact, and...

Comedy's often about sticking it to the man. If you're US comedian Louis CK, it's about sticking it to the middleman too.

In a move reminiscent of Radiohead's refusal to play the commercial game, he recently announced on US television that his New York standup show this week will be...

Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once. This year, we said goodbye to two of our greatest comedy writers - and to an era where comedy united generations.

David Croft, who died last month aged 89, and John Sullivan, who died in April aged 64, belonged...