The king and queen fly home
03/05/2026 … Last night’s Saturday Night Live UK opened with Keir Starmer hijacking the royal plane carrying Charles and Camilla back home from their visit to the…
2026 Archives
Sun 03 May 2026
Aimee Lou Wood's SNL UK monologue
Referencing Sex Education and The White Lotus
03/05/2026 … Aimee Lou Wood hosted last night’s SNL UK – despite her run-in with how the US original portrayed her last year.
A pro lipreader lifts the lid on King's US visit
An SNL UK Weekend Update exclusive
03/05/2026 … A professional lipreader offers the inside track King Charles and Queen Camilla's official state visit to Washington on Saturday Night Live UK last night.
© ITV Lenny Henry's first stand-up tour in 16 years
And the rest of the week's live comedy picks...
03/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Amanda Knox to play the Edinburgh Fringe
Appearance branded ‘offensive and deplorable’
03/05/2026 … Amanda Knox – the woman who was wrongly accused of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy – is bringing her stand-up show to the Edinburgh…
© British News and Media/Alamy Man charged over Peter Kay bomb hoax
03/05/2026 … A man has been charged following the bomb scare that evacuated Peter Kay’s Birmingham gig on Friday night.
Sat 02 May 2026
Confirmed: Which comedians are in Celebrity Traitors S2
James Acaster among those taking part
02/05/2026 … Comics James Acaster, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Miranda Hart, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are to be in the next series of The Celebrity Traitors.
Fri 01 May 2026
© Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Graham Linehan's criminal damage conviction overturned
Writer cleared over clash with teen trans activist
01/05/2026 … Graham Linehan has had his conviction for damaging a transgender activist's phone overturned.