Sue Perkins to interview Dawn French
14/04/2026 … Sue Perkins will interview Dawn French as part of a live theatre tour this spring, it has been announced.
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Tue 14 April 2026
Colin Hoult joins Adrian Mole adaptation
Playing the title character's dad
14/04/2026 … Colin Hoult has joined the cast of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾.
© Channel 4/Avalon Poland gets its own Taskmaster
Becoming the 12th international version currently on air
14/04/2026 … Poland is getting its own version of Taskmaster – becoming the 12th country outside the UK to be airing a home-grown version of the comedy hit.
© BBC All is forgiven?
Aimee Lou Wood to host SNL UK, despite criticising US original
14/04/2026 … Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood are to host the next two episodes of Saturday Night Live UK, it has been announced.
Fourth Paddington movie announced
With ‘world-renowned comedy writers’
14/04/2026 … A fourth Paddington film is to go into production.
Mon 13 April 2026
Crypt-ic comedy
Stand-up comes to a South London architectural gem
13/04/2026 … A long weekend of stand-up is coming to one of London’s hidden architectural gems.
© BBC/Expectation TV Twenty Twenty Six heads to the US
Rare deal for sitcom to be on two streamers
13/04/2026 … Twenty Twenty Six is to stream on two American platforms from next month.
Richard Herring joins indie comedy Zak The Ripper
Cast also includes comics Sy Thomas and Tiff Stevenson
13/04/2026 … Richard Herring has joined the cast of Zak The Ripper, a British indie comedy film gearing up for production this September.