Chortle's Hotshots scheme returns
11/02/2026 … Chortle today launches the second year of our Hotshots initiative – offering support to comedians making their debuts at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
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Wed 11 February 2026
© Rachel Sherlock More names join Wells Comedy Festival 2026
Including Sara Pascoe, Ed Gamble and Flo & Joan
11/02/2026 … The Wells Comedy Festival has announced more acts for its tenth anniversary event in May.
© Channel 4 Comic stars join C4's Break Clause
Upcoming comedy with Lara Ricote and Samuel Bottomley
11/02/2026 … A host of familiar comedy faces including John Thomson, Jessica Knappett and Catherine Cohen have joined the cast of forthcoming Channel 4 sitcom Break Clause.
First 351 Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
Festival box office opens at noon
11/02/2026 … The Edinburgh Fringe box office opens today, with its first batch of shows.
© Matt Crockett Alan Carr to make a TV travelogue
Yet another show for the Celebrity Traitors winner
11/02/2026 … Alan Carr is to front a new travelogue series featuring Jack Dee, Tom Allen and Joanne McNally.
Tue 10 February 2026
Rhys Darby to star in period sitcom
Playing a 19th Century English aristocrat
10/02/2026 … Rhys Darby is to star in a new period comedy, it has been reported.
Catherine Cohen to publish poetry book
Anthology of verses first posted on Instagram
10/02/2026 … Catherine Cohen, is this week publishing her debut collection of poems, drawing on similar theme to her-stand up: life, relationships and the messy business…
Tributes paid to Philippe Gaulier
Hugely influential clown teacher dies at 82
10/02/2026 … Philippe Gaulier, the Frenchman who trained generations of actors and comedians including Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson, has died aged…