© BBC Studios Two Doors Down becomes a stage play
20/09/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,422 events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 20 September 2026
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© BBC/Guy Levy Mixed reviews for Josh Widdicombe's Strictly debut
Comic looked out of place... but thrilled to be there, critics note
20/09/2026 … Josh Widdicombe got mixed reviews for his first show co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing last night.
Sat 19 September 2026
© Netflix What happens in The Inbetweeners 3?
Spoilers revealed as on-set photos emerge
19/09/2026 … Details of the third Inbetweeners movie have been revealed as photos from the set make today's tabloids.
Fri 18 September 2026
© BBC Stephanie Cole dies at 84
Star of Waiting For God and Cabin Pressure
18/09/2026 … Stephanie Cole – whose comedy roles included Waiting For God, Cabin Pressure and Open All Hours – has died at the age of 84.
Publisher drops David Walliams back catalogue
18/09/2026 … HarperCollins will no longer print any of David Walliams’s back catalogue of children’s books.
Another chapter in the Goodnight Sweetheart saga
New novel picks up Gary Sparrow's story
18/09/2026 … Gary Sparrow, the time-travelling bigamist at the centre of BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, is continuing his adventures following a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Radio 4 isn't going without Alan Davies
Comic's factual series returns
18/09/2026 … Alan Davies’ Radio 4 series Life Without is to return for a second series.
Jake Bhardwaj to host the British Podcast Awards
Accolades now in their tenth year
18/09/2026 … Jake Bhardwaj is to host this year’s British Podcast Awards, organisers have announced.