Sir Lenny Henry is to be honoured with an outstanding achievement award, at this year’s Edinburgh TV festival for ‘a career that has helped shape the landscape of British television and culture’.

The constants for series 20 of Taskmaster have been announced, They are stand-ups Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam and Phil Ellis, plus Inside No 9’s Reece Shearsmith and Goodness Gracious Me Sanjeev ...

The Czech Republic came out top of a study to find the ‘funniest nation’, with a strong line in self-deprecating humour. Portugal came second followed by Ireland, Belgium, Chile, Greece and Australia.