Mike Newall back home following his brain haemorrhage
Comic thanks colleagues for their support
09/09/2026 … Comedian Mike Newall is back home, having been discharged from hospital following his brain haemorrhage last month.
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Wed 09 September 2026
Ruby Wax pulls her Evening With... dates
Citing ‘circumstances outside of my control’
09/09/2026 … Ruby Wax has cancelled a series of live shows citing ‘circumstances outside of my control’.
© Matt Crockett The play will keep going wrong until 2028
Slapstick comedy extends its West End run
09/09/2026 … The Play That Goes Wrong has extended its booking at the Duchess Theatre until January 2028.
© Marc Brenner Dawn French banned from driving
Comic racks up 12 points in 3 years
09/09/2026 … Dawn French has been banned from driving for six months after racking up her fourth speeding ticket in three years.
Watch Alan Carr's emotional night at the National Television Awards
...while Mrs Brown's Boys takes the comedy gong – again
09/09/2026 … Alan Carr won a special recognition prize at the National Television Awards last night – as Mrs Brown's Boys won the comedy category again.
Tue 08 September 2026
Jamie Demetriou and Amelia Dimoldenberg to host SNL UK
Following Jeff Goldblum this week
08/09/2026 … Jamie Demetriou and Amelia Dimoldenberg are to guest-host episodes two and three of Saturday Night UK, it has been announced.
20th anniversary tour for John Shuttleworth's Its Nice Up North film
Also paying tribute to director Martin Parr
08/09/2026 … John Shuttleworth creator Graham Fellows is taking his 2006 comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North back on tour to mark its 20th anniversary.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actress Georgina Lightning dies in freak horse accident
Co-star Tim Healy pays tribute
08/09/2026 … Tim Healy has paid tribute to his Auf Wiedersehen, Pet co-star Georgina Lightning after she died in a horse accident at the weekend.