Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper has said his new film about a man who seeks purpose in the New York comedy scene was “directly” influenced by British humour. Is This Thing On?, which is part-based on ...

In the London-set ensemble comedy “Love Actually,” there’s a sequence in which Hugh Grant’s eager-to-please prime minister goes from single politician pining for his secretary to impassioned defender ...

If you think 109 minutes of two Brits travelling across the English countryside would be a snoozfest, you haven’t met Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. The two actors play themselves in a film centering on ...

British humour is more intelligent than American comedy but US TV sitcoms are still more watchable, a study found. King’s College London researchers discovered that the British sense of humour is one ...

The British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, research has revealed. A report, led by researchers at King’s College London, found that ...

If Britain has its eccentrics and wits, can America lay claim to its own kind of drollery? Or are we hampered by political correctness or the fear of offense? British actor Rowan Atkinson, playing his ...

It’s natural that folks have different senses of humor. What one person finds amusing, someone else might find confusing. The popular ‘UK Ambulance Humour’ page on Facebook, which shares comedic pics, ...

British humor is key to the success of UK content among young Europeans Unique, eccentric, sarcastic, subtle, subversive, intelligent... These are just some of the characteristics most often ...

IN the amiable introduction to his “A Treasury of British Humor,” Morris Bishop, arguing that the differences between British and American humorare slight, reminds us that a cheese joke is the same in ...