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The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
10/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
2026 Archives
Sun 10 May 2026
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© UKTV 'Ed Gamble becomes a different person in the escape room'
Mel Giedroyc on her new U&Dave’s show The Way Out
10/05/2026 … Mel Giedroyc hosts U&Dave’s new show The Way Out, which pitches two teams of comedians led by Nish Kumar and Ed Gamble against each other in an escape-room…
Doing a No 1 in No 11
10/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
The perfect amount of wine
10/05/2026 … Annabel Marlow, Ayoade Bamgboye, Celeste Dring and host Hannah Waddingham sing about having the perfect amount of wine on last night's SNL UK.
Weekend Update on the rise of Reform and collapse of Labour
Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on SNL UK
10/05/2026 … Saturday Night Live UK's Weekend Update presenters, Ania Magliano and Paddy Young provide the latest on the local elections last night: And later in the…
Peter Serafinowicz as Nigel Farage on SNL UK
10/05/2026 … It took seven episodes – but Nigel Farage made his debut on Saturday Night Live UK last night, with Peter Serafinowicz guesting as the Reform UK leader.
Sat 09 May 2026
Mark Bittlestone fails in his council bid
Comedian had been exposed over antisemitic posts
09/05/2026 … Comedian Mark Bittlestone has failed to be elected to London's Lambeth Council after being exposed for promoting antisemitic messages online.
Trailer for Munya Chawawa: Wrestling With Trump
09/05/2026 … Here's the trailer for Munya Chawawa's forthcoming documentary Wrestling With Trump.