Comic Mike Newall has brain haemorrhage

Crowdfunder launched in support

22/08/2026 … Stand-up Mike Newall has suffered a brain haemorrhage while on holiday in Wales.

Leicester Comedy Festival charity's debts exceed £215,000

And many creditors appear missing from official list

22/08/2026 … The company behind Leicester Comedy Festival collapsed with debts of at least £215,000.

ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards longlist 60 Fringe shows

21/08/2026 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their longlists of 60 Fringe acts in the running for this year’s awards: 39 for best show, 21 for best newcomer.

Comedian fined £2,500 for calling a woman fat from the stage

Israeli court rules that the exchange was defamation

20/08/2026 … A comedian has been ordered to pay almost £2,500 to a woman he mocked as fat from the stage A Tel Aviv court found that Vova Tamarkin’s comments went…

Olaf Falafel wins the (Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe

Are these the best one-liners at the Edinburgh festival?

19/08/2026 … Comedian Olaf Falafel has won the (Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe 2026 with the line: ’I remember thinking, as I taped a piranha to my boomerang,…

Taskmaster series 22 air date confirmed

Show returns next month

19/08/2026 … Channel 4 has confirmed that Taskmaster will return at 10pm on September 3.

BBC axes Only Child

No third series for Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh's comedy

19/08/2026 … The BBC has cancelled Scottish sitcom Only Child after two series, star Gregor Fisher has revealed.

Questions Leicester Comedy Festival bosses MUST answer

What happened to comedians' money?

19/08/2026 … The leading comedy industry group is demanding answers to just how much organisers of the Leicester Comedy Festival knew about their financial woes before collapsing…