Edinburgh loses its TV festival
Blow to Fringe as industry event moves to Manchester
24/06/2026 … Edinburgh will not have a TV festival next year.
2026 Archives
Wed 24 June 2026
Tue 23 June 2026
Stuart Fails To Save the Universe trailer
23/06/2026 … HBO Max has released the official trailer for its comedy series Stuart Fails To Save the Universe, a spin-off from Big Bang Theory.
The Dink trailer
New Apple TV comedy film with Jake Johnson
23/06/2026 … Apple TV has released the trailer its upcoming sports comedy The Dink, starring New Girls' Jake Johnson as a country club tennis coach forced to embrace the…
Reading The Room
Review of a new book about the state of comedy by Jonathan Grant
23/06/2026 … If you want a good snapshot of the state of the comedy business… well, you’re already in the right place.
Did Reginald D Hunter study drama at Rada?
23/06/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© UKTV/David Cummings BBC and UKTV seek the next big comedy entertainment hit
23/06/2026 … TV production companies are being asked to pitch ideas for the next big comedy entertainment show.
Comedians cast in alien animation
Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou in Not Alone
23/06/2026 … Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou are to play aliens in an upcoming animated comedy film from the studio behind Despicable Me and The Super Mario Bros…
© BBC BBC hails Michael McIntyre's social media reach
250million views of Big Show series 9 clips
23/06/2026 … The BBC has been hailing the social media success of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, after clips from the latest series racked up 250 million views worldwide.