Joe Lycett, Katherine Ryan, Sam Campbell, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe, Vittorio Angelone To Play Roundhouse Comedy Festival Roundhouse Comedy Festival returns to Camden this August, opening on Saturday 1st August with a flagship edition of Live at the Roundhouse, headlined by Frank Skinner, and featuring Phil Wang, Rosie J...

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Artists Selected For 026/2027 Comedy Lab Cymru S4C, Channel 4 and Little Wander’s Comedy Lab Cymru returns for a third year!

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Takeover Radio 106.9FM To Run Their Joke of the Fringe Award In Edinburgh Offering a prize of £500.01, Takeover Radio 106.9FM have announced that they will once again be running their Joke of the Fringe Award in partnership with the ISH Edinburgh Festival Awards. This award...

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Comedian Laura Smyth Signs Up For Celebrity Apprentice The first ever full-length series of The Celebrity Apprentice is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One, with 12 well-known names taking on Lord Sugar’s ultimate business challenge.The celebrities taking p...

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Tour Dates For Simon Brodkin He’s the comedian who showered FIFA president Sepp Blatter with cash, handed Prime Minister Theresa May her P45, and created the smash-hit BBC comedy series Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show… And now, since...

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Tour For SNL Star Paddy Young Fresh from hosting Saturday Night Live UK’s Weekend Update, award-winning stand-up Paddy Young will tour his highly anticipated new show across the UK & Ireland this autumn. Beginning on 15th Septembe...

Tour For SNL Star Paddy Young.

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Watch Amandaland Series Two Trailer Series two of Amandaland finds Amanda (Lucy Punch) still living in SoHa, and juggling teenagers, her online Senuous brand and her “co-lab” working at Kitchen’s Bathrooms and Kitchens. Resigned to stay...

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Andy Parsons Adds Lots Of New Tour Dates Following the continuing sell-out success of Andy’s tour Please #@!$ Off To Mars has been extended once again, through to the end of 2026.Andy brings his usual ‘terrific satirical stand-up’ Independen...

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Kevin Bridges to Front Football Documentary In Run-Up to World Cup Ahead of Scotland meeting Brazil once again in the upcoming Men’s FIFA World Cup 2026, Scottish football superfan and one of the UK’s most critically acclaimed comedians Kevin Bridges is undertaking a...

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Connor Burns Adds Third Playhouse Show To Edinburgh Fringe Run Connor Burns has announced a third Edinburgh Playhouse show during this August's Fringe following exceptional demand for the dates already announced for his new show entitled FLOW. The ticket links fo...

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Leicester Comedy Festival To Stage Open Air Summer Gig The team behind the Leicester Comedy Festival is to take over the city’s Abbey Park on Sunday 14th June for LCF in the Park.Audiences can see comedy favourites including Last One Laughing’s Lou Sander...

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Review: Big Mistakes, Netflix Confession. I was never a big fan of Schitt's Creek. I liked it without ever quite loving it. So I've come to Big Mistakes not knowing a lot about Dan Levy who co-stars and co-created this caper comed...

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Powerful Multi-Media Show Tackling Racism To Be Remixed And Revived Welsh-Iranian musician and sound artist Roshi Nasehi is to reboot her show Ramalama Ding Dong, a multimedia surreal theatre piece inspired by real-life experiences of racism. When previosuly performed...

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James Corden, Rhod Gilbert and Elf Lyons Back ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Again The producers of the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have confirmed that they are returning to the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with an even bigger prize pot than last year. And many of the same backers are retu...

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Steve Coogan Appears In Irish Comedy Funboys The BBC has revealed images from the upcoming second series of the award-winning comedy Funboys, also announcing that award-winning actor Steve Coogan will be joining in a guest role. Made by Mayhay S...

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First Pictures Of New Series Of Ludwig And New Cast Members New pictures have been released for the much-anticipated second series of the BBC’s acclaimed detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, which will air later this year o...

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Richard Ayoade To Guest Host Have I Got News For You Comedian and actor Richard Ayoade is to guest host episode 5 of Have I Got News For You! This will be Richard's 14th time appearing as guest host. Actor, comedian and presenter Stephen Mangan has been...

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First Look At New Sam Campbell Project Channel 4 has now released the first look images for Make That Movie, a new six-episode comedy series starring Sam Campbell (Taskmaster, Last One Laughing).Created by Campbell and directed by Joe Pell...

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Line-Up Announced For Laughterama At Somerset House This summer London’s Somerset House hosts Laughterama, a major new comedy festival starring the absolute best comedians of the moment in a series of ground-breaking shows, each starring a compilation ...

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More Tour Dates For Chris Ramsey Chris Ramsey has added a limited run of extra dates this autumn. Despite initially (and repeatedly) vowing not to add any extra dates, the opportunity to continue touring Here, Man and tell audiences ...

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Channel 4 Renews A Comedy Thing A Comedy Thing by Channel 4 has been greenlit for a second year as it establishes a home for the next generation of young new comedians. The digital channel taps into the UK broadcaster’s heritage in ...

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Shedinburgh Returns To Fringe Plus Young Vic Season Francesca Moody Productions today announces that Shedinburgh will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 7–30 August 2026, before making its London debut with a season at the Young Vic Theatre (...

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Sue Perkins To Interview Dawn French Onstage Comedian and broadcaster Sue Perkins has been announced as the guest interviewer for Dawn French’s ‘In Conversation With’ shows at London’s Lyceum Theatre on 18 May and Bath’s The Forum on 2 June. Tic...

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Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood To Host Saturday Night Live UK Saturday Night Live UK has announced its next two hosts and musical guests.On 25 April, award-winning actor Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Big Mood, Derry Girls) will be joined by nine-time SNL veterans...

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BBC Releases New Rosalie Minnitt And Luke Rollason Sketch Series - Literally! The BBC has released Literally! a brand new sketch series based on the GCSE English set texts - just in time for last minute exam revision. Aimed at 15 -16 year olds, the series is an irreverent take ...

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Comedy Festival For Crystal Palace Crystal Palace is set to host a new comedy festival this summer.Stand-up at the Subway arrives at Crystal Palace Park from 21 – 24 May 2026. With eleven shows across four days, Stand-up at the Subway ...

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Cross Wires Podcast Festival Confirms Line-up Crossed Wires podcast festival has revealed its final headliners to grace Sheffield in its third year - including performances from BAFTA-winning actor Paul Whitehouse, award-winning broadcaster Danny...

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BBC Comedy Festival Line-Up Announced Alison Steadman, Diane Morgan, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Ruth Jones, James Corden, John Bishop, Lee Mack, Sir Michael Palin, Sue Johnston and the creators and producers of Amandaland are among a stellar line...

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New Comedy Festival in Maynooth Near Dublin A new comedy lfestival is taking place later this month in Maynooth outside Dublin.Mayhoots will take place later this month on April 24 & 25 and will feature predominantly Irish comics in shows all d...

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