New dates for The Fast Show Live
With Bianca Del Rio and Lee Peart announcing new tours, too
06/10/2026 … The Fast Show team have announced a new run of dates for 2027.
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Tue 06 October 2026
© Harald Krichel / WikiPortraits Hannah Waddingham joins The Choir
Guest stars for James Corden and Ruth Jones's new comedy announced
06/10/2026 … Hannah Waddingham, James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent will guest star in James Corden and Ruth Jones’s The Choir, it has been revealed.
© BBC James Nesbitt joins Hopley Hall
New sitcom about a crumbling country house
06/10/2026 … James Nesbitt has joined the cast of Hopley Hall, a new six-part BBC comedy set in a crumbling stately home on the County Antrim coast.
© BBC BBC axes Northern Ireland comedies
End of the line for long-running shows Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game
06/10/2026 … The BBC has axed two long-running Northern Irish comedy shows: Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game.
Judith Lucy reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Australian comedian will be having a double mastectomy.
06/10/2026 … Australian comedian Judith Lucy has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Mon 05 October 2026
© Channel 4 Taskmaster announces a UK arena gig
05/10/2026 … Taskmaster has announced two live shows – at Manchester's AO Arena and the Hollywood Bowl.
Arts Council England funds comedy projects
£45,000 help for the Live Comedy Association
05/10/2026 … The Live Comedy Association has been awarded £45,000 of Arts Council England funding to support a series of events – boosting its campaign to get…
US comedian Reggie McFadden dies at 57
05/10/2026 … US comedian Reggie McFadden, known for his work on1990s Fox sketch series In Living Color has died at the age of 57.