Comedy Central renews three series
With Jimmy Carr, Iain Stirling and Babatundé Aléshé
03/03/2026 … Comedy Central has renewed three of its formats featuring Jimmy Carr, Iain Stirling and Babatundé Aléshé.
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Tue 03 March 2026
Production starts on Colin From Accounts series 3
03/03/2026 … Production has started on the third season of hit Australian romcom Colin from Accounts.
Paul Smith, movie star
Comic's last tour to be screened in cinemas
03/03/2026 … Paul Smith’s last tour is to be released in more than 350 UK cinemas next month.
© Matt Crockett Big names set for new Battersea Park comedy festival
Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Simon Amstell and others head to three-day event
03/03/2026 … A bigt-op comedy festival is to take over Battersea Park for three days this June, with a mix of established names and newer acts performing under a big top tent…
Mon 02 March 2026
Saturday Night Live UK writers revealed
20-strong team features familiar names from the comedy circuit
02/03/2026 … Saturday Night Live has announced the full writing team for its UK edition – with a mammoth 20 names, many of them familiar from the comedy circuit.
'Pick-and-mix' industry help for comics without an agent
02/03/2026 … A new consultancy has launched with the aim of giving unrepresented comedians access to the kind of professional support that has traditionally only been available…
Meet our first Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist of 2026
Adam Ernst Pickard triumphs in Brighton
02/03/2026 … Adam Ernst Pickard is the first finalists to be chosen in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Five more comedians become Live Comedy Day ambassadors
Including Shaparak Khorsandi and Mark Watson
02/03/2026 … Five more comics have signed up to be ambassadors for Live Comedy Day on April 1.