Russell Brand

Channel 4's annual charity event returns with a troupe of performers large enough to make the Polyphonic Spree look on in envy. As ever, it's a mix of the established and the incipient, so Jo Brand and Jonathan Ross line up alongside men of the moment Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe. Elsewhere, comedians dancing seems to be a thing just now, so Miranda Hart and Warwick Davis duly join up with Diversity to show off their moves, while Russell Brand absents himself from Hollywood to partake in some audience interaction.

Russell Brand on Katy Perry split

Russell Brand has blamed fame and the difficulty of monogamy for his divorce from Katy Perry.

Stephen Fry, Russell Brand and the caring revolution

As Stephen Fry has shown, comedians are seizing the mic from the traditional media and doing it their way. The caring, sharing revolution starts here.

Russell Brand: Woolwich

I caught up with the sad malice in Woolwich and felt compelled to tweet in casual defense of the Muslim community who were being haphazardly condemned by a few people on my time line.

Russell Brand backs Green Party drug law petition

Russell Brand has backed a petition to look at the effects of UK drug laws.

Russell Brand voted 'smelliest looking'

Russell Brand has been voted the smelliest-looking male celebrity.

Cartoonist Ronald Searle's naughty public schoolgirls are back - this time rebooted for the 21st century. So as well as the sexy sixth formers, the rabble of lacrosse-stick waving young'uns are now split into cliques such as geeks and emos. Despite a cast over-crammed with the likes of Russell Brand and Stephen Fry, Ealing Studios' kidult comedy could never rival the golden 1950s black-and-white classics starring Alastair Sim and Joyce Grenfell. But try not to compare them and it is a jolly enough, if surprisingly 'safe', watch - no Asbos here, just girlish high spirits. It's worth seeing just to catch Rupert Everett, in headscarf and tweeds, as headmistress Camilla Fritton - think a mix of Ab Fab's Patsy and the former Mrs Parker-Bowles. His seduction of Colin Firth's nervous school inspector is even more of a hoot than your French teacher sitting on a whoopee cushion.

Russell Brand in £360k lawsuit after car crash

Russell Brand is heading to court to fight a half-million-dollar lawsuit after an LA security guard said the comic ran him over.

Sachsgate call in top 10 radio moments of all time

The infamous prank call by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand has been named one of the top ten radio moments of all time.

Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher

The actor and comedian recalls a bizarre recent encounter with the Iron Lady, and how it prompted him to think about growing up under the most unlikely matriarch-figure imaginable.