All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Mayhay Studios New YouTube content as Northern Irish comedy returns
10/06/2026 … The stars of Funboys are launching a video game review show in the guise of their comedy characters.
© Big Talk Productions 09/06/2026 … Lesley Manville has been cast as Brett Goldstein’s mum un his forthcoming romcom series Escorted.
Cruise line announces its 2026 comedy festival
09/06/2026 … Lucy Beaumont, Seann Walsh, Milton Jones and Babatunde Aléshé are among the stand-ups playing a week-long comedy festival aboard a cruise ship.
© BBC Two-hour retrospective features new material from writer Roy Clarke
09/06/2026 … Brian Conley is to front a new documentary celebrating Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running TV sitcom in the world.
Series picked up following a pilot with Dara O Brian
08/06/2026 … U&Dave has picked up a series celebrating the dullest things in the UK, following a pilot hosted by Dara Ó Briain.
Mike Reiss to talk about his time on the show
08/06/2026 … Mike Reiss is to talk about his time as an early writer on The Simpsons in a string of UK dates this summer – his first live performances in this country.
Documentary to hit screens around the UK
08/06/2026 … A documentary about the Iceman – the cult figure from the alternative comedy circuit of the 1980s and 1990s – is to be shown in cinemas and comedy clubs…
Edinburgh Fringe role that George Foreacres made his own
08/06/2026 … Edward Easton is to take over from SNL UK’s George Fouracres when One Man Musical returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this August.
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