© BBC Studios Filming starts on Here We Go season 4
'The best series yet' says creator Tom Basden
10/07/2026 … Filming has got under way for the fourth series of BBC family sitcom Here We Go.
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© Ben Whitley/PA Images/Alamy Graham Linehan receives £25k over his arrest
Police apologise for causing him 'considerable distress'
09/07/2026 … Graham Linehan has received a £25,000 settlement over his arrest for anti-trans tweets.
© Channel 4 Channel 4 confirms Taskmaster spin-off
Alex Horne to challenge families in Your Time Starts Now
09/07/2026 … Channel 4 has confirmed a new Taskmaster spin-off, Your Time Starts Now, devised and hosted by Alex Horne.
Taste: the vinyl frontier
Display of horrendous album sleeves to hit the Edinburgh Fringe
09/07/2026 … Customers at Assembly’s George Square Studios bar during the Fringe will be able to feast their eyes on a collection of the world’s most awful record…
Wed 08 July 2026
New Ali G film 'in the can'
Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly revived the character that made his name
08/07/2026 … Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly shot a new Ali G film.
Help given to comics hit by Leicester Comedy Festival troubles
18 performers and one promoter aided by hardship fund
08/07/2026 … Eighteen comedians and one promoter have shared a £5,000 hardship fund for those hit by the financial chaos engulfing Leicester Comedy Festival.
Meet the 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Award panel
As Radio 4 announces another Fringe gala
08/07/2026 … The judging panel for this years Edinburgh Comedy Awards will be chaired by Liz Lewin, director of comedy series for Netflix UK.
© BBC/Big Talk Studios /Olly Courtney BBC orders a third series of David Mitchell’s Ludwig
08/07/2026 … The BBC has ordered a third series of David Mitchell’s detective comedy Ludwig before the second series has even reached screens.