Saturday Night Live UK faces an uphill battle
William Garbett on how cultural differences could be an issue
19/03/2026 … A tall, well-built man saunters past a band and onto the stage.
2026 Archives
Thu 19 March 2026
© Prime Video Last One Laughing Series 2
Review as the hit Amazon format returns
19/03/2026 … That Last One Laughing is back is no surprise, given the first series was the surprise comedy hit of last year.
© Sipa US/Alamy How to fix the Oscars monologue
Ray Nielsen on Conan O'Brien and the myth of the finished joke
19/03/2026 … There’s a peculiar kind of sympathy that only exists among comedians, and it tends to surface at the strangest moments.
Katherine Ryan and Jon Richardson in Withering Heights
Parody sketch for Comic Relief
19/03/2026 … Move over, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
How to write a Taylor Swift song in 2 minutes
19/03/2026 … Brett Domino has knocked off a song in the style of Taylor Swift in two minutes.
Wed 18 March 2026
Chortle Student Comedy Award Exeter semi-final
18/03/2026 … Will Finney, a 20-year-old computer science student, won the Exeter semi-final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom trailer
Animated comedy coming this autumn
18/03/2026 … Sky has released the first trailer for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, which will hit cinemas on September 18.
© Harriet Langford Studio 'I didn't care if people didn't like me as long as they were looking at me'
Sara Pascoe on her childhood determination to be famous
18/03/2026 … Sara Pascoe has spoken about being a precocious child, convinced she was going to win her first Oscar by the age of 22.