Jack Whitehall

Daily Mail blames Whitehall 'outrage' on his mother and more

The Daily Mail has reacted badly to Channel 4's unedited repeat of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, lashing out at comedian Jack Whitehall and his family - as well as linking his rise to stardom to a string of other Daily Mail favourites, such as internet pornography, "drunken young women in tiny skirts" and his mother.

Have television panel shows had their day?

Jack Whitehall and James Corden's jokes about the Queen and Susan Boyle on Big Fat Quiz of the Year led to complaints to Ofcom and outrage in the press. Have TV panel shows had their day or are they just in need of a radical rethink?

Search on for the next Jack Whitehall

Every year begins with such optimism, the trick is to believe that it is all going to work. I've got to believe that I am going to find the next Bill Bailey, Tim Minchin or John Bishop. That's what I will be aiming for at least.

Whitehall under pressure to step down from TV Awards

Comedian Jack Whitehall is under pressure to stand down as presenter of a prize at the National Television Awards following complaints about his performance on a recent Channel 4 panel show.

Jack Whitehall's NTA role 'safe' after Big Fat Quiz row

TV bosses have publicly denied claims made in The Daily Mail that Jack Whitehall may be forced to quit his role as presenter of the National Television Awards.

Last year's specstacular saw Alan do impressions taking the mickey out of easy targets Cher Lloyd, the Beckhams and Wills and Kate.

This year he'll be getting up to more festive fooling around, party games and sketches with the help of his guest mates.

Former Radio 2 pal Melanie Sykes, Jonathan Ross, Jimmy Carr, Jack Whitehall, Christine Bleakley, Gok Wan and Bruno Mars join in the New Year fun.

Then there's Rylan Clark - one of the few guests who can make Alan look butch by comparison.

The line-up might not be as A-list as Graham Norton's, but this is exactly the kind of party you'd want to be invited to.

The British Comedy Awards dared to ignore our favourite student sitcom: the jury deserve to have their cheeks drilled through by a hungover dentistry undergrad forthwith. Series two was rich with spiky one-liners and involving story arcs. Into the former category falls JP (Jack Whitehall) in his sick bed with mumps, deploying a rape alarm to summon soup and justifying himself with: "I am sort of being raped by my lack of soup." The storyline award goes to Oregon falling for the son of the lecturer she slept with - and working for his wife.

Jack Whitehall: the funny thing about being posh

The British Comedy Awards' newly crowned King of Comedy Jack Whitehall discovered to his surprise that playing up his middle-class roots only made him more popular.

Jack Whitehall dresses as a ballerina for ALOTO

On tomorrow's episode of A League Of Their Own we'll see the stand-up comedian slip into a ballerina's outfit.

Where next for Jack Whitehall?

So Jack Whitehall has been crowned the King (and Queen) of comedy, what next?