US comic Sinbad returns to the stage
Five years after suffering a major stroke
30/04/2026 … American comedian Sinbad has returned to the stage, more than five years after suffering a stroke that left him unable to walk.
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Thu 30 April 2026
Comedians getting it Wight
Ventnor Fringe comedy line-up announced, with loads of Edinburgh previews
30/04/2026 … The Isle of Wight’s biggest arts festival has announced its comedy programme for this summer,.
© Channel 4/Love Productions Comedians get behind the wheel of the Great Pottery Throw Down
Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Richard Herring in celeb version
30/04/2026 … Comedians Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Richard Herring will be taking part in a new celebrity edition of Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throw Down.
Wed 29 April 2026
© Netflix Felicity Ward to star in Netflix animation
Dad's House set in suburban Australia
29/04/2026 … Felicity Ward is lending her voice to a new animated comedy series heading for Netflix.
After 57 years, lost Morecambe and Wise show gets a second airing
To mark what would have been Eric's 100th birthday
29/04/2026 … The newly unearthed lost episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show is to be screened next month to mark what would have been Eric’s 100th birthday.
Traveller comedian hit by racist heckles
'This should not be part of the job' says David Alfie Ward
29/04/2026 … Stand-up David Alfie Ward has told how he was subject to racist abuse on stage at the weekend for being a Traveller.
© Thierry Franco Spiegeltent can't return to Edinburgh Fringe
Structure can't meet tough new planning rules
29/04/2026 … Plans for The Famous Spiegeltent to return to the Edinburgh Fringe have been shelved after falling foul of tough new planning laws enforced by the city council.
Munya Chawawa makes a documentary about Trump and pro wrestling
Is the president using WWE's 'bombastic smack talk' as a blueprint?
29/04/2026 … Munya Chawawa is to present a documentary interpreting Donald Trump’s rise through the prism of pro wrestling.