Tristram Fane Saunders

Radio 4’s A Single Act, starring the infallible Bill Nighy, was a top-notch drama for the ages – but BBC audio drama is a dying breed

The comedian on his Valentine's Day poetry collection, Carey Mulligan and being Alan Partridge’s 'Sidekick Simon'

With her cartoonish vocal delivery, physical flair and versatility, Ricote proves she’s one of Britain’s most naturally gifted young comics

From Jazz Emus to Wales’s smallest (and greatest) comedy festival, these are the hot tickets guaranteed to get you chuckling this spring

Radio 3’s ’Round Midnight will showcase top jazz musicians – and provide a welcome break from the musical overkill elsewhere on the airwaves

The Series of Unfortunate Events author talks for the first time about his childhood assault – and the eerie hallucinations he has today

A Better Paradise might star Peep show’s Paterson Joseph and The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln, but its plot is hopelessly muddled

Garrett Millerick’s Do Gooders isn’t searing, radical or experimental – but nor does it need to be, because the jokes are actually funny

Some UK comedy clubs are booking six times as many men as women. Is the problem women’s jokes, or the male working environment?

From heartbreak to hermaphroditic slugs, these extraordinary poetry collections are the perfect gifts for Christmas