Edinburgh Fringe rejects calls to bring 2027 event earlier
It would be logistically impossible, say festival chiefs
02/09/2026 … The organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have ruled out changing the dates of next year’s festival.
2026 Archives
Wed 02 September 2026
Tue 01 September 2026
Meet Taskmaster contestant Richard Ayoade
Giving Alex Horne a museum tour
01/09/2026 … Richard Ayoade takes Alex Horne on a tour of the London Museum of Water and Steam to introduce him to Taskmaster viewers.
© House of Commons 47 MPs call for government to recognise grassroots comedy
Live Comedy Association letter sent to Culutre Secretary
01/09/2026 … The Live Comedy Association has announced that 47 MPs have signed a letter urging the government to recognise grassroots live comedy in its policy-making.
© BBC Marking 75 years of The Goon Show
01/09/2026 … Rare Goon Show material is going on display next month at an event to mark 75 years since the anarchic radio comedy first hit the airwaves.
© BBC Which company supplies the robots in Ann Droid?
01/09/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Rose Matafeo competes in a second Taskmaster
Comic signed up for New Zealand version
01/09/2026 … Rose Matafeo is to compete in Taskmaster for a second time.
© Netflix Review: Stamptown Netflix special
Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing
01/09/2026 … How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's…
© Studiocanal / BFI National Archive Win a major new Peter Sellers box set
We have three copies to give away
01/09/2026 … A box set of eight classic Peter Sellers performances was released on Blu-ray yesterday – and we have three copies to five away.