Comedy news: Russell Kane, Adam & Joe, Dawn French and more...

Russell Kane is being sent to the ends of the Earth for an international survival series for BBC Three.

Adam and Joe are to reunite for the first time since 2011.

Fewer than two out of every THOUSAND comedy shows on TV are made by a black or other ethnic director, according to a new report.

Bill Oddiehas attacked the BBC for not putting The Goodies on to the BBC Store.

A BBC hunt for promising new comedy writersis at the centre of controversy, after it was revealed that one of the winners was involved in judging the scripts.

Amy Schumer’s fans are fuming after paying more than £50for a show that lasted barely 45 minutes.

Developing a more twisted sense of humour could be an early warning sign for dementia,researchers say.

Adrian Edmondson is to star in a version of a bestselling memoir about middle agethat he has adapted for the stage.

Jason Manford has joined the cast of Radio 4’s crowdsourced sketch comedy The Show What You Wrote.

Comedy impressionist Luke Kempner has landed his own ITV2 show.

Jimmy Carr is to become the first British comedian tomake an original stand-up special for Netflix.

Watch how an Egyptian comedian has ripped off Louis CK.

Kath M Mainlandis standing down as chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe after seven years.

Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay and British comic Ed Weeks have sold a script to America's ABC network.

Roy Chubby Brown is to cease releasing DVDs admitting: 'My day has passed'.

And Annie Hall is the funniest movie script ever,according to the Writers Guild of America.