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© 5 Broadcasting Limited / Frank Films Comic reunited with Samuel West
11/08/2026 … Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson are to make a second series of their birdwatching series for 5.
...and this one vows to pay its comedians
11/08/2026 … A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed Leicester Comedy Festival.
© Avalon/UKTV Ten-week starring run in Oh, Mary!
10/08/2026 … Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London stage.
Second major medical issue in two years for Friz Frizzle
10/08/2026 … Musical comedian Friz Frizzle woke up blind the day before their Edinburgh Fringe run began.
Longstanding head Nica Burns looks to the future
09/08/2026 … The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive director’ as its boss Nica Burns has started planning for their long-term future.
© Andy Hollingworth The best of the week's live comedy
09/08/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
09/08/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Have A Word podcast to launch a replacement for axed BBC show
08/08/2026 … The team behind the hit Have A Word podcast are launching a replacement for Live At The Apollo.
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