Paul Kerensa suffers a stroke at 47
Comedian and regular on Radio 2's Pause For Thought on the mend
14/05/2026 … Comedian Paul Kerensa is recovering at home after having a stroke.
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Thu 14 May 2026
© BBC/James Stack Photography James Corden: After making Gavin & Stacey, I thought it might be shit
...as he reveals which episode was 'awful'
14/05/2026 … James Corden said he thought Gavin & Stacey ‘might be shit’ after watching the first episode.
'Americans would have ruined Small Prophets'
Britain's TV comedy commissioners talk about their work
14/05/2026 … The BBC’s head of comedy says he was happy not to have any American funding for Small Prophets – as a US studio might have ruined the idea.
Another venue bans Roy Chubby Brown
Comic's fans slate Exmouth theatre's decision
14/05/2026 … Roy Chubby Brown’s management has hit out after another venue cancelled the offensive comedian.
Wed 13 May 2026
© BBC BBC comedy boss: We back the genre for the laughs, not the money
Jon Petrie announces raft of new and returning shows
13/05/2026 … The BBC has announced ten new and returning shows at its comedy festival in Liverpool.
New sitcom for Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell
Hopley Hall is set in a crumbling country house
13/05/2026 … Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell is to head a new BBC comedy set in a historic and slightly shabby listed house in the Northern Ireland countryside.
© BBC/Merman The BBC heads back to Amandaland
13/05/2026 … Amandaland will be back for a third series, it was announced at the BBC comedy festival in Liverpool today.
© BBC/Roughcut Lucia Keskin finds more things she should have done
BBC orders a third series of her sitcom
13/05/2026 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Lucia Keskin’s Things You Should Have Done The creator will return as ‘stay at home daughter’ trying to…