All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Conker Pictures / Peter Marley BBC ‘actively considering’ position over rape joke
23/10/2026 … Questions have been raised over the future of Vittorio Angelone’s sitcom debut after the BBC said it was ‘actively considering’ concerns raised…
Contest concludes at the Comedy Store next month
23/10/2026 … The ten finalists have been confirmed for this year’s LGBTQ+ new comedian of the year Competing for the title at the Comedy Store in London on November…
© Fremantlemedia and QI Ltd 22/10/2026 … Angela Barnes, Bella Hull, Stevie Martin, Blank Peng, Daniel Sloss and Ian Smith will all be making their QI debut on the upcoming X series.
© Andy Hollingworth Comic plays The O2 more than any other stand-up
22/10/2026 … Kevin Bridges will this weekend become the comedian who has played the most gigs at The O2 Belfast.
TV and radio now under one department
22/10/2026 … The BBC is to merge its teams commissioning comedy for TV and radio into one unit.
Dates pushed later as event moves to Manchester
22/10/2026 … Next year’s TV Festival will NOT clash with the Edinburgh Fringe, as the annual event moves out of the Scottish capital for the first time.
Co-written by Jessica Fostekew
22/10/2026 … Mark Thomas is to star in a new theatre production about our ‘chaotic inner thoughts’, co-written by fellow comic Jessica Fostekew.
Dismay at the loss of a valued resource: 'Give me a curator over an algorithm any day'
22/10/2026 … Radio 4 Extra fans are signing our petition to save the station at the rate of more than one every 40 seconds.
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