They played arch-rivals in political satire 'The Thick Of It', but Rebecca Front and Peter Capaldi shared the glory at the British Comedy Awards.

The MasterChef Ireland final runs over two nights, Wednesday and Thursday, on RTÉ Two. The remaining three contestants are Nicha Maguire, Tamarin Blackmur and Terry Lyons.

Ireland’s hottest actor Chris O’Dowd showed he has the Midas touch yesterday as his semi-autobiographical sitcom Moone Boy received a string of nominations at the British Comedy Awards.

Comic Miranda Hart could be set to repeat her triumph of last year after she was nominated for four gongs at the British Comedy Awards.

Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy have secretly got engaged, according to reports.

TV viewers have crowned Miranda Hart the Queen of British Comedy in a public vote.

Viewers will choose the UK's favourite comedian at tonight’s British Comedy Awards.

Jonathan Ross is in talks to make a huge TV comeback.

Jonathan Ross bowed out from his long-running BBC Radio 2 show today declaring he would be leaving with “nothing but fond memories and gratitude”.

Jonathan Ross admits he would love to take a lengthy break from public life when his 13-year association with the BBC ends next month.

Jonathan Ross was confirmed today as the host of the re-vamped British Comedy Awards.

Comedians Alan Carr and Michael McIntyre do battle at tonight's British Comedy Awards with three nominations each.

BRITISH TV regulator Ofcom imposed an £80,000 (€87,000) fine yesterday after a prize-fix incident at ITV1’s British Comedy Awards which wrongly named Ant and Dec as the People’s Choice winners.

UK media regulator Ofcom imposed an £80,000 (€87,267) fine today after a prize-fix incident at ITV1's British Comedy Awards which wrongly named Ant and Dec as the People's Choice winners.

Comedian Alan Carr was condemned as “sick and insensitive” by a British government minister today for dedicating a comedy award to kidnapper Karen Matthews.

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are in the running for gongs at the British Comedy Awards tonight.

The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said today it would not carry out an inquiry into the TV phone-in scandals which recently rocked the entertainment sector in the UK.

British Comedy Awards host Jonathan Ross heaped more embarrassment on the event last night as they went ahead without being broadcast.

Nominations for this year's British Comedy Awards were announced today but organisers still do not know if the event will be shown on ITV.

ITV is to drop this year’s British Comedy Awards following the discovery of alleged phone vote irregularities.

Casualty trounced its soap rivals on a night of surprises at the TV Baftas tonight.

Former soprano Charlotte Church and funnymen Sacha Baron Cohen and Stephen Merchant were among the winners at the British Comedy Awards in London last night.

Hollywood film-maker Oliver Stone shocked the audience at the British Comedy Awards with a bad-taste gag about the Suffolk serial killer.

Stopping swearing is Charlotte Church’s New Year’s resolution.

Extras co-stars Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will battle against each other for the title of Best TV Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards.

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has announced plans to recruit Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Williams for a guest appearance in his hit cartoon.

Ronnie Barker is to be commemorated at the British Comedy Awards with a prize named in his honour.

The final episode of hit US sitcom Friends has been voted the best thing on television in the UK in 2004.

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening received an Outstanding Contribution award at the British Comedy Awards last night, presented to him by famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking.

Little Britain triumphed at the British Comedy Awards tonight – and left Ricky Gervais and The Office in the shade.

Ricky Gervais's The Office will battle it out for a top honour at the British Comedy Awards with Ant and Dec, Jonathan Ross and Little Britain.

Hit TV shows Little Britain and The Office will battle it out at this year’s British Comedy Awards.

Graham Norton has been crowned the most influential person in British comedy.

Comedy star Ricky Gervais was selling off one of David Brent’s naff outfits from The Office for charity in a live television auction today.

Comedy star Ricky Gervais is selling off one of David Brent’s naff outfits from The Office for charity, it was announced today.

Ant and Dec, Ali G and Avid Merrion will fight it out for a top honour at the British Comedy Awards.

Ricky Gervais has been named the most powerful person in television comedy in the UK.

Ex-James Bond star Roger Moore has launched an attack on the state of British television, branding shows such as the new-look Blind Date and The Weakest Link “cruel and humiliating”.

Graham Norton is today celebrating picking up two gongs at the British Comedy Awards.

The Office and Phoenix Nights were set to battle it out today at the British Comedy Awards.

Only Fools And Horses faces a race against time to get its Christmas special finished.

Graham Norton is the hot favourite to retain his Best Comedy Entertainment Personality title at the British Comedy Awards.