Bobby Ball was the cheeky little funnyman opposite his great friend Tommy Cannon.

Bobby Ball - one half of Cannon & Ball comedy duo - dies after Covid infection

ITV News Presenter Charlene White has been speaking to some of those who have lit up the internet with laughter. 

Have you heard the one about comedians in lockdown?

Little Britain has been removed from streaming services because “times have changed” since the comedy first aired, the BBC has said.

For a second year running a joke about Donald Trump topped the list.

Festival veteran Olaf Falafel claimed the coveted honour of Dave’s Funniest Joke At The Fringe.

The show made it to the top of the list ahead of The Office, The Royle Family and Gavin and Stacey. 

From the error that left a passenger plane flying on empty to the computer fail that rebranded Mahatma Gandhi as a nuke-obsessed warlord.

Hand-written jokes meticulously archived by comic legend Tommy Cooper have been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Rowan Atkinson slipped back into character for the 25th anniversary of Mr Bean and took his mini for a spin outside Buckingham Palace. 


The Thick Of It's creator Armando Iannucci has slammed the 'buffoons' who remade his political satire in the US. 