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© BBC/Owl Power Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse pay tribute
30/04/2026 … Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse ave paid tribute to Ted, the dog wo accompanied them on Gone Fishing.
Five years after suffering a major stroke
30/04/2026 … American comedian Sinbad has returned to the stage, more than five years after suffering a stroke that left him unable to walk.
Ventnor Fringe comedy line-up announced, with loads of Edinburgh previews
30/04/2026 … The Isle of Wight’s biggest arts festival has announced its comedy programme for this summer,.
© Channel 4/Love Productions Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Richard Herring in celeb version
30/04/2026 … Comedians Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Richard Herring will be taking part in a new celebrity edition of Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throw Down.
© Netflix Dad's House set in suburban Australia
29/04/2026 … Felicity Ward is lending her voice to a new animated comedy series heading for Netflix.
To mark what would have been Eric's 100th birthday
29/04/2026 … The newly unearthed lost episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show is to be screened next month to mark what would have been Eric’s 100th birthday.
'This should not be part of the job' says David Alfie Ward
29/04/2026 … Stand-up David Alfie Ward has told how he was subject to racist abuse on stage at the weekend for being a Traveller.
© Thierry Franco Structure can't meet tough new planning rules
29/04/2026 … Plans for The Famous Spiegeltent to return to the Edinburgh Fringe have been shelved after falling foul of tough new planning laws enforced by the city council.
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