Reuben Kaye and Frankie McNair share Sydney honours
Comedy festival doles out its awards
19/05/2026 … The Sydney Comedy Festival has announced the winners of its 2026 awards, with Reuben Kaye and Frankie McNair sharing the best of the fest award.
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Tue 19 May 2026
After Life named best modern comedy
Ricky Gervais’s show tops Radio Times poll
19/05/2026 … After Life has been named the best modern comedy in a new Radio Times poll.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay New Joke Of The Fringe contest launched
Snack brand seeks the 'Cheeziest' gags
19/05/2026 … A new Joke of the Fringe contest is being launched at Edinburgh this summer.
Sun 17 May 2026
Reece Shearsmith writes a memoir of the macabre
Based around the spooky artefacts he's collected
17/05/2026 … Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts.
© BBC A Very Peculiar Practice returns to TV
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
17/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Come and marvel as a man describes a room!
17/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Distribution deal for star-studded UK comedy
Big ensemble cast in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
17/05/2026 … A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Sat 16 May 2026
More comedians join Judd Apatow's The Comeback King.
Appearing alongside Glen Powell and Li Jin Hao
16/05/2026 … A host of fellow comedians have joined Li Jin Hao in the upcoming Judd Apatow movie The Comeback King.