UK host tries to 'explain' America
30/01/2026 … Correspondent Bob State tries to explain what’s going on in America in this segment from Broken News.
2026 Archives
Fri 30 January 2026
Dom Joly announces Trigger Happy TV tour
Celebrating hidden camera show's 25 year anniversary
30/01/2026 … Dom Joly is going on tour to mark 25 years of Trigger Happy TV.
© Big Talk/Four Eyes Stephen Merchant to star in a romcom opposite Cameron Diaz
Comic also co-writes and directs the movie
30/01/2026 … Stephen Merchant is to star in a rom-com opposite Cameron Diaz.
Thu 29 January 2026
Jamie Demetriou on Late Night with Seth Meyers
...and it went better than last time
29/01/2026 … Jamie Demetriou appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers in the US last night.
Fatiha El-Ghorri announces her first tour
29/01/2026 … Fatiha El-Ghorri has announced her debut stand-up show with 11 UK dates this spring The 44-year-old Hackney-born comedian, who became a breakout star on the 19th…
Is This Thing On?
Review of Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett film based on John Bishop's comedy origin story
29/01/2026 … There can't be many New York open spots triumphantly decompressing after their first gig by reciting Liverpool FC's 'Allez, Allez, Allez’ terrace…
After 43 years, Banana Cabaret slips away
One of the UK's oldest comedy clubs to close
29/01/2026 … London’s Banana Cabaret comedy club – one of the oldest in the UK and the place where Eddie Izzard first performed stand-up – is to close…
Wed 28 January 2026
Second series for Pierre Novellie's Radio 4 show
28/01/2026 … Radio 4 has ordered a second series of Why In The Name Of Pierre Novellie? The comedian confirmed the news as the last episode in the current series just finished…