Jack Whitehall

We're big fans of Jack Whitehall here at Digital Spy and we're dying to see whether he can shine in his first big solo TV outing. It's a bit of a strange premise, to be honest, blending together character-based comedy with elements of chatshows and travel documentaries as Jack sets off on a comedy tour of the UK. The first episode sees him joining a male choir and coaching a rugby team in Wales, before having a sit down with Miss Gavin & Stacey herself, Ruth Jones.

Jack Whitehall replacing Georgie Thompson on ALOTO

Comic Jack Whitehall is replacing Georgie Thompson as a regular on Sky1 sports panel show A League Of Their Own.

How do you transfer stand-up comedians from stage to screen? I can't say it's a question which pre-occupies me, but surely you just stick them in Moss Bros' finest and wire up a microphone. After all, that worked for Frank Carson. Ah, but he was funny. Comics now aren't, or at least not funny-funny. And viewers these days demand more than just gags which, as Eamon Holmes (not a comedian) clumsily put it after Carson's funeral service, are every bit as rat-tat-tat as the gunfire which once echoed round Belfast's streets. Thus, for our more sophisticated tastes, we get The Sarah Millican Television Programme. Oh dear.

The title sequence of spinning TV sets ("I absolutely love telly," Millican will inform us) is itself a relic, though maybe this is irony (ha bloody ha). The canned laughter is too loud. There are interviews (the first one was stilted and went on too long) and there is acting. This should be covered by a warning, like strobe effects are, because apart from Jack Whitehall in Fresh Meat, comedians can't act. Millican was trying to pick up men in a bar after coaching from a sexpert and it was awful. The thing is, she's funny - and filthy. She should have just donned a dinner suit for some of the old rat-tat-tat.

Jack Whitehall: don't hate me because I'm posh

The Fresh Meat star claims that his middle-class background infuriates the critics.

The hilarious Secret Policeman's Ball is back to mark Amnesty ­International's 50th anniversary.

Recorded last Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, it's the first time the gala event has been held outside the UK since John Cleese and his friends brought together musicians and ­comedians for the first show in 1976.

It might also be the first time that Coldplay and professional hecklers Statler and Waldorf, from The Muppets, have appeared on the same bill.

The all star-cast also features comics from both sides of the Atlantic, including David Walliams, Ben Stiller, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Jack Whitehall, with music from Mumford & Sons.

The Amnesty International benefit show returns after a four-year hiatus with a transatlanic special, taking place for the first time in New York at the Radio City Music Hall. Recorded on Sunday, the show celebrates the charity's 50th anniversary with a stellar comedy line-up including Russell Brand, Ben Stiller, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman, Jack Whitehall, Jon Stewart and The Muppets. There's music, too, from Mumford & Sons and Coldplay, whose frontman, Chris Martin, announces onstage: "We take pleasure in being the least funny act here."

Video: Jack Whitehall on US Secret Policeman's Ball gig

Comedian Jack Whitehall has just returned to the UK after performing at The Secret Policeman's Ball gala in New York; the first time it has been held outside the UK.

He performed alongside Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, David Walliams, Jon Stewart and Ben Stiller for the Amnesty International benefit.

While speaking to the BBC's Charlie Stayt and Susanna Reid about the US gig he decided to investigate the BBC Breakfast programme's set.

The Muppets added to Secret Policeman's Ball line-up

A number of new acts have been added to the bill for the Secret Policeman's Ball including the Muppets, Kristen Wiig and Jack Whitehall.

Jonathan Ross's Miss Piggy interview fell flat

The Jonathan Ross Show saw the playful host being joined by Hugh Bonneville, Jack Whitehall and the Arctic Monkeys. But it was an ill-advised appearance from The Muppets that will stick in viewers' minds.

There's a particularly challenging guest tonight - the voluptuous and very shrewd Miss Piggy who is joined by her adored Kermit to promote their new film The Muppets. Miss Piggy is well known for being wanton, so Ross had better watch out or she'll be all over him like a big pink fluffy duvet.

Hugh Bonneville, star of that unstoppable costume drama juggernaut Downton Abbey, who was recently seen smiling broadly as the series was showered with Golden Globes in Hollywood, turns up to talk about his life and career. Stand-up comedian and actor Jack Whitehall completes the bill, while Arctic Monkeys provide the music.