© BBC/Hat Trick Laura Smyth joins Celebrity Apprentice
Comedian among those trying to impress Lord Sugar
20/04/2026 … Stand-up Laura Smyth is taking part in the first full series of Celebrity Apprentice.
2026 Archives
Mon 20 April 2026
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© HBO Is James Acaster doing Celebrity Traitors?
20/04/2026 … James Acaster is reportedly taking part in the next series of The Celebrity Traitors.
Sun 19 April 2026
First tour for Taskmaster's Fatiha El-Ghorri
The best of the week's live comedy
19/04/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© Karla Gowlett Geoff Norcott's Radio 4 show returns
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
19/04/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Dan Tiernan: Quartz And All
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … If you’ve never seen Dan Tiernan before, it might be hard to believe this new show, premiering at Melbourne, is his least intense to date.
Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford: Birds
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … In Shayna and Beverley – two ladies of leisure sunning themselves on adjacent beach loungers – Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford have created a pair…
Andy Balloch: Welcome To Hell
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … Are you ready to do the Devil’s work? Hell’s HR officer Ramone has all you need to know in this orientation lesson.
JKS: A Comedy(?)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … Tom Ballard isn’t the first stand-up to write a play set in the green room of a comedy club, and he won’t be the last.