How to build a full-length comedy show
New book from stand-up Lee Kyle
01/06/2026 … Stand-up Lee Kyle has written a book telling fellow comedians how to turn a collection of jokes into a proper show, based on his experience as a director.
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Mon 01 June 2026
© Allie Reefer/Pexels Free panel on comedy, women and social change
And a gig putting theory into practice
01/06/2026 … A day of panels and live performance exploring comedy’s role in social change is coming to Salford next month, with a particular focus on working-class women’s…
© BBC BBC comedy chief Jon Petrie steps down
Exec to join Have I Got News For You makers Hat Trick
01/06/2026 … Jon Petrie, the BBC’s director of comedy, is leaving the corporation after five years in the job.
Sun 31 May 2026
© Radio X Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby's radio show to end
31/05/2026 … Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby's radio show will end next Sunday after seven years.
© BBC/Fudge Park Productions Daddy Issues to return for a third series
Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey will be back
31/05/2026 … Aimee Lou Wood's comedy Daddy Issues is returning for a third series.
Roisin and Sara go monster-hunting
The week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
31/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Hailing Junior Simpson
...and the rest of the best live comedy this week
31/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© Channel 4/Avalon Frankie Boyle's firm is worth £4.2m
Comic has said money is ‘pretty pointless’.
31/05/2026 … Frankie Boyle’s company has been valued at more than £4.