Left-wing comedians need to get louder and angrier
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin says progressives should stop playing the nice guy
19/08/2026 … Anger can be funny.
2026 Archives
Wed 19 August 2026
© Avalon / C4 Taskmaster series 22 air date confirmed
19/08/2026 … Channel 4 has confirmed that Taskmaster will return at 10pm on September 3.
© Happy Tramp North BBC axes Only Child
No third series for Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh's comedy
19/08/2026 … The BBC has cancelled Scottish sitcom Only Child after two series, star Gregor Fisher has revealed.
The Brush
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2026 … This story starts at Russell Howard’s stag do, but if you’re expecting to get any scuttlebutt on the 2019 Las Vegas shindig, you’ll be disappointed.
Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2026 … Grace Jarvis is no stranger to vulnerability.
© NotFromUtrecht/CC BY-SA 3.0 Questions Leicester Comedy Festival bosses MUST answer
What happened to comedians' money?
19/08/2026 … The leading comedy industry group is demanding answers to just how much organisers of the Leicester Comedy Festival knew about their financial woes before collapsing…
© BBC/Objective Fiction Which defunct confectionery did Matt Berry advertise?
19/08/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2026
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2026 … She's definitely the first Scottish winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award, but Eva Peroni may also be the first comic to already be making their Fringe…