Russell Brand

Helen Mirren backs Russell Brand over Sachsgate

The British acting legend says comedians like Brand are supposed to step over the line.

Fans of Flight of the Conchords will be very pleased to see the band's inept manager Murray (Rhys Darby[/o]) starring in this new pilot that could have been written especially for him.

He plays Leslie, head of a team of health and safety inspectors, and his blend of naive enthusiasm and shocking ideas are pure Murray.

The Fun Police was written by Matt Morgan, who was Russell Brand's straight-man sidekick on his BBC Radio 2 and there are a lot of very funny ideas in this.

I especially like Katy Wix as an inspector obsessed with shutting down the sea on safety grounds. She does have a point.

Vic Reeves is in it, too, as a town planner, although for some reason he looks like he's come as Keith Lemon and he's credited by his real name of Jim Moir.

Commission a series of this one please, Channel 4 people. I'd like to see more.

Russell Brand interrupts gig embrace female fan

In June he was pictured holding the hands with a blonde on the set of his film Rock of Ages. Then last month Russell Brand was seen enjoying a day by the pool with a female friend who looked just like his wife Katy Perry. And now the comedian was seen offering out cuddles to a fan on stage as he performs his stand up routine.

Russell Brand talks about the riots

Dismissing rioters as mindless is futile rhetoric. However unacceptable the UK riots, we need to ask why they are happening.

Russell Brand sets up production company

British comedian and actor Russell Brand has launched his own film production company, based in Hollywood.

An interview with Trevor Lock

Trevor Lock is a comedian and playwright whose surreal comedy and collaborations with comedians like Stewart Lee and Russell Brand has earned him a cult following by comedy nerds and non-comedy nerds alike.

Russell Brand's road rage after cut-up on his bike

Bike-riding Russell Brand flies off the handle - after a motorist cuts him up.

Oscar vote for Russell Brand after Academy invite

Russell Brand has been invited to become a member the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organisation has said.

The return of the standup show in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, something you may need to bear in mind as you resentfully endure the comedy stylings of Chris Moyles. He's joined, however, by Sarah Millican, Dara O'Briain, Jack Dee, Lee Evans and Jonathan Ross. There are musical contributions from Dead Cat Bounce and those young scamps N-Dubz, as well as video appearances from Lady Gaga, Russell Brand, Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Stewart. Rob Brydon also chips in.

Sachsgate 'boosted our careers', says Ross's wife

While Jonathan Ross has expressed regret over the furore surrounding the "Sachsgate" scandal, in which he and Russell Brand made obscene phone calls to the actor, his wife has declared "it all turned out nice in the end".