Taskmaster renewed for six more series
Channel 4 commits to three more years
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Eugene Mirman pulled from burning car
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Somerset House gets a comedy festival
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Romesh rang up a £2million gain
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BBC to release six comedy shorts
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Alexei Sayle writes another memoir
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Tim Key reveals second cancer scare
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Pleasance announces 139 more Edinburgh Fringe shows
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Edinburgh Fringe venue to feature only comics from NE England
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Jack Whitehall has been unveiled as the host of next week’s Saturday Night…
Russell Brand's trial date set
Russell Brand’s trial on seven counts of rape and sexual assault will take…
Tom Allen is to host a new three-part series on Classic FM this weekend. Totally…
Amanda Dwyer wins Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award.
Amanda Dwyer has won this year’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. She…
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Features
Greg Davies: Human shipwreck or middle-aged hero?
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews 2026
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Videos
Meet Ian Fletcher – the former BBC and Olympics executive now charged with helping deliver a major football tournament in America.
As Twenty Twenty Six charts his efforts on BBC Two from Wendnesday, the folks in W1A have released this retrospective of his career so far:
Meet Ian Fletcher
From W1A to a major football tournament
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Helen Bauer on why she's single
From the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Jack Knight: Technology's gone too far
From the Melbourne International Comedy Festival