© BBC 30/06/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Freyja Hyde at Amplified Photography Comedian to represent the nation at the world championships
30/06/2026 … Sam Nicoresti is to represent the UK at the World Air Guitar Championships.
Comic gets an alcohol licence for a new C4 chat show
30/06/2026 … Joe Lycett is to host a new live entertainment series for Channel 4 set inside his own pub.
New series for felt-faced comedian
30/06/2026 … Puppet comedian Randy Feltface is getting a new Radio 4 series.
Sally Phillips breaks the news
30/06/2026 … Smack The Pony is finally getting its TV reunion.
In the topical Friday Night Comedy slot
29/06/2026 … Lucy Porter and Ian Smith are to host new topical comedy shows for BBC Radio 4 this summer.
29/06/2026 … Paul Smith has told how he chartered a plane to get to a gig in Belfast after arriving at the airport without his passport.
Musical impressionist Jess Robinson on the antidote to AI, optimisation and social media algorithms
29/06/2026 … There is a moment in my current show where I have to perform 20 impressions chosen by the audience.
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