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.
© 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.
© Morecambe BID Work starts on Eric Morecambe mural
Celebrating the comedian's 100th birthday
13/04/2026 … Work has started on a new mural celebrating Eric Morecambe in the Lancashire seaside town that gave the comedian his name.