Jeffrey Epstein's ghost visits Donald Trump
17/05/2026 … The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein (Will Ferrell) paid a visit to President Trump (James Austin Johnson) in the opening sketch of last night's Saturday Night Live…
2026 Archives
Sun 17 May 2026
All hail Saturday Night Live UK!
Who'd have thought it? Having talented comedians make comedy paid off, writes Steve Bennett
17/05/2026 … Two words about Saturday Night Live UK as its first season draws to a close: nailed it.
Reece Shearsmith writes a memoir of the macabre
Based around the spooky artefacts he's collected
17/05/2026 … Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts.
© BBC A Very Peculiar Practice returns to TV
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
17/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Come and marvel as a man describes a room!
17/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Distribution deal for star-studded UK comedy
Big ensemble cast in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
17/05/2026 … A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Looking Theroux the Mirror
17/05/2026 … In a Travelodge in Bromsgrove, Louis Theroux interviews the one person he’s never managed to before.
Sat 16 May 2026
© BBC/James Stack Photography When Gavin and Stacey wasn't so unforgettable...
Alison Steadman at the BBC Comedy Festival
16/05/2026 … It became the biggest comedy on British TV, but Gavin and Stacey had a modest start on BBC Three – and certainly didn’t have the brand recognition…