Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2026 award winners
11/03/2026 … Leicester Comedy Festival has announced this year’s award winners, honouring comedians including Joz Norris and James Ellis.
2026 Archives
Wed 11 March 2026
Ed Gamble announces 2027 tour
11/03/2026 … Ed Gamble is to embark on a stand-up tour next year, with more than 60 dates planned across the UK.
Norwich gets a new comedy festival
The latest city to get a Comedy Garden event
11/03/2026 … A new outdoor comedy festival is coming to Norwich this summer, with some of the biggest names in British stand-up.
Well, the formula worked for Mortimer and Whitehouse...
Adrian Edmondson and Samuel West to make a birdwatching series
11/03/2026 … Adrian Edmondson is to go out on a series of weekend birdwatching trips around Britain with actor Samuel West in a new three-part series for broadcaster 5.
Applications open for £5,000 Fringe grants
Scheme backed by Joe Lycett and Nish Kumar
11/03/2026 … Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping to take a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
Tue 10 March 2026
© Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc Rooster
Review of the new Steve Carell comedy
10/03/2026 … On streaming service Now TV, Rooster is categorised as a ‘darkly funny drama’, which places some heavy expectations on what is actually an easy-going…
What is the name of Alan Partridge's first wife?
10/03/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Andy Bucks cleans up
Comedian wins 'best clean joke' title at Leicester Festival
10/03/2026 … An astronomy researcher has picked up the title for ‘best clean joke of last month's Leicester Comedy Festival’.