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© NotFromUtrecht/CC BY-SA 3.0 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.
Blackpool road will Avenue name...
21/09/2026 … Blackpool has renamed one of its streets after Ken Dodd.
© BBC 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…
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…
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 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 20/09/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,422 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC/Guy Levy Comic looked out of place... but thrilled to be there, critics note
20/09/2026 … Josh Widdicombe got mixed reviews for his first show co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing last night.
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