When Spike Milligan walked into Harrods with a dustbin full of spaghetti
Goon used his noodle to highlight animal rights
07/01/2026 … Spike Milligan once walked into Harrods with a dustbin full of spaghetti.
2026 Archives
Wed 07 January 2026
Tue 06 January 2026
Nikki Glaser announces London and Dublin dates
Part of US comic's 2026 international tour
06/01/2026 … American comedian Nikki Glaser has announced two dates this side of the Atlantic.
What was the name of the follow-up to M*A*S*H?
06/01/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 05 January 2026
© Matt Squire Air date for Mackenzie Crook’s Small Prophets
Fantasy comedy coming next month
05/01/2026 … The BBC has given a provisional broadcast date for Mackenzie Crook’s new comedy Small Prophets.
Comic's Comic
05/01/2026 … The awards were founded in 2013 by John Moloney as an alternative to other prizes that he felt did not recognise professional comedians who work the circuit year…
Rob Rouse named comics' comic of 2025
Rich Wilson was named best MC and the Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue take best achievement
05/01/2026 … Rob Rouse has won the 2025 Comics' Comics Award for best act.
Old cartoon uncle teaches kidnapped children about ice cream
05/01/2026 … An old cartoon uncle teaches kidnapped children about ice cream in this dark and surreal animated sketch.
First memoir for The Daily Tism writer
Laura Richmond's book about having undiagnosed autism
05/01/2026 … Laura Richmond, a writer on satirical news website The Daily Tism, is publishing her first memoir.