If the algorithm was a person
15/01/2026 … Foil Arms and Hog imagine the social media algorithm was a person in their latest comedy sketch.
2026 Archives
Thu 15 January 2026
© BBC Tom Allen quits The Apprentice: You’re Fired
Angela Scanlon takes over the BBC spin-off show
15/01/2026 … Tom Allen is leaving The Apprentice: You’re Fired after six years.
Wed 14 January 2026
© Trevor Leighton Together at last, Jack Whitehall and Kim Kardashian
Stand-up is cast in reality star's new comedy
14/01/2026 … Jack Whitehall is to star alongside Kim Kardashian in a new film directed by Eva Longoria.
Rosie Jones cast in new stage play
As the 'playful narrator CripGod'
14/01/2026 … Rosie Jones is to appear in a new stage production that aims to tackle perceptions around disability and sex with humour and honesty.
© Netflix Mo Gilligan to make a Netflix documentary
As his next special drops next month
14/01/2026 … Mo Gilligan is making a documentary for Netflix.
Tue 13 January 2026
Live Comedy Association announces its AGM line-up
At the Leicester Comedy Festival
13/01/2026 … Representatives from the UK's live comedy industry will meet next month to discuss the state of the sector and review findings from a new national survey.
I crawled off stage... nothing can embarrass me now!
Saaniya Abbas's Unforgettable Five gigs
13/01/2026 … Dubai-based Indian comic Saaniya Abbas is bringing her Edinburgh Fringe hit Hellarious to London’s Soho Theatre next month,.
Meet Jeffrey Epstein, the stand-up comedian
US comic has an unfortunate name
13/01/2026 … Jeffrey Epstein has become a stand-up comedian.