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The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
02/08/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
2026 Archives
Sun 02 August 2026
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© Netflix Dave Chappelle's back in London
...and some comedy happens in Edinburgh – the pick of the week's gigs
02/08/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Aidan Jones on Chopin's Nocturne in E♭ Major
02/08/2026 … Australian comedian Aidan Jones plays – and discusses – Chopin's Nocturne in E♭ Major in this extract from his Edinburgh Fringe…
Sue Cook: Alan Partridge's obsession with me is a pain
...but her kids thought it was cool
02/08/2026 … She has long been a running joke in Alan Partridge's life - but now Sue Cook has complained that the repeated references to her are 'a bit of a pain in the…
© BBC Ellie Taylor 'to host Strictly: It Takes Two'
Producers reportedly said 'boring' spin-off needed a revamp
02/08/2026 … Ellie Taylor is to host the Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two,It has been reported.
Sat 01 August 2026
'I vomited on a TV commissioner'
Reuben Kaye on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
01/08/2026 … As he prepares to return to the Edinburgh Fringe, Reuben Kaye, he talks about what he can't get enough of at the festival; recalls his most embarrassing Edinburgh…
'Without Lena Dunham, I don’t think I’d have done stand-up'
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Chelsea Birkby picks her comedy favourites
01/08/2026 … There are perfect jokes: Jamie D’Souza’s ‘My friend says I'm sexually frustrated just because I’m always peeling the label off the bottle……
The Shaman back Count Binface
Ebeneezer Goode reworked to boost the electoral hopes of the intergalactic space warrior
01/08/2026 … The Shaman’s hit Ebeneezer Goode has been reworked and rereleased in honour of Count Binface.