© Matt Crockett New podcast for Helen Lederer
With guests recalling the moment they said, 'Eff it'
22/09/2026 … Helen Lederer is launching a new podcast.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 22 September 2026
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© Leo Cackett Comics take part in Portrait Artist Of The Year
Grace Campbell, Munya Chawawa and Michelle de Swarte are subjects in series 13
22/09/2026 … Comedians Grace Campbell, Munya Chawawa and Michelle de Swarte, pictured, will be among the subjects of the next series of Portrait Artist Of The Year, it has…
Mon 21 September 2026
© NotFromUtrecht/CC BY-SA 3.0 Not a penny left in Leicester Comedy Festival to pay creditors
21/09/2026 … There is no money in the pot for those owed money by the collapse of Leicester Comedy Festival, an official statement for the liquidators has revealed.
Sun 20 September 2026
© BBC BBC pulls blackface sketches from That Mitchell and Webb Look
Overkill, or a problem to be addressed?
20/09/2026 … The BBC has been accused of ‘overkill’ after cutting sketches referencing racism and racial stereotypes from That Mitchell and Webb Look – including…
Friends rally to bring Rumpel home
Aussie clown also known as Jolly Goodfellow died in LA
20/09/2026 … Friends of street entertainer and globetrotting fool Jolly Goodfellow have raised more than £16,000 to return his remains – and his possessions…
Iain Stirling joins The Traitors US
Comic is among the contestants in next Peacock series
20/09/2026 … Iain Stirling is swapping Love Island for The Traitors – in America.
© BBC/Avalon Not Going Out celebrates 20 years
The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
20/09/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© 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.