Bill Bailey to celebrate amateur inventors
New C4 competition series based around designing contraptions
27/05/2026 … Bill Bailey is to front a new Channel 4 competition series celebrating amateur inventors, the broadcaster has announced.
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Wed 27 May 2026
BBC New Comedy Awards are sent to Coventry
Midlands city to host all the 2026 heats
27/05/2026 … Entries have opened for this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards.
Ken Dodd exhibition to open in Blackpool
Comic called the resort 'the greatest show town in the world'
27/05/2026 … An exhibition celebrating the life and career of Ken Dodd is to open at Showtown, Blackpool’s museum of entertainment, in June – the first time the venue…
Parenting Hell becomes UK's No1 comedy podcast
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe topple Off Menu
27/05/2026 … Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe has become the UK’s most listened-to comedy podcast.
Manchester’s Laughterama announces 2026 line-up
With Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Sara Pascoe and more
27/05/2026 … Manchester’s Laughterama outdoor comedy festival has announced its 2026 line-up.
© Dave J Horgan John Cleese to tour the UK
Talking about Monty Python and the Holy Grail
27/05/2026 … John Cleese has announced a UK tour built around screenings of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Tue 26 May 2026
© Moniker Pictures Piglets gets the chop
ITV won't renew police training comedy
26/05/2026 … Police training school comedy Piglets has been dropped after two series.
Samantha Bee becomes The Ambassador
In a new Canadian comedy series
26/05/2026 … Samantha Bee is to star as the Canadian ambassador to Bulgaria in a new Canadian comedy series.