All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Including American TV star Brendan Scannell
05/05/2026 … Gilded Balloon has announced a new batch of 88 shows for this year's Edinburgh Fringe, including Scottish favourites Fred MacAulay and Jack Docherty – and…
'Greg and Alex said it was one of the funniest things they'd seen'
05/05/2026 … Rosie Jones has revealed she landed her place on Taskmaster after doing an ad-hoc audition for hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne in a bar.
© British News and Media/Alamy Omar Majed allegedly 'barged' his way into venue
04/05/2026 … The man charged over the bomb scare that caused Peter Kay’s comedy show to be evacuated allegedly ‘barged’ his way into Birmingham’s Utilita…
© Happy Tramp North The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
03/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© ITV And the rest of the week's live comedy picks...
03/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Appearance branded ‘offensive and deplorable’
03/05/2026 … Amanda Knox – the woman who was wrongly accused of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy – is bringing her stand-up show to the Edinburgh…
© British News and Media/Alamy 03/05/2026 … A man has been charged following the bomb scare that evacuated Peter Kay’s Birmingham gig on Friday night.
James Acaster among those taking part
02/05/2026 … Comics James Acaster, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Miranda Hart, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are to be in the next series of The Celebrity Traitors.
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