© BBC BBC to release six comedy shorts
Pilots earmarked as potential future TV series
01/04/2026 … The BBC are launching six new comedy shorts next week.
Wed 01 April 2026
© BBC 
Lara Ricote: Inkling
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
01/04/2026 … There’s so much going on in Lara Ricote’s Inkling that you won’t catch all of it – a fact that’s hardwired into the many knowing layers…
Sam Campbell wanted to be Diane Morgan’s servant on Last One Laughing
Comic interviewed on What Have You Done?
01/04/2026 … Sam Campbell is the latest guest to join Chi and Lucas on their pedalo in What Have You Done? The comic talks about wanting to be Diane Morgan’s servant…
Takashi Wakasugi: Wabi-Sabi Comedy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
01/04/2026 … Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection.
Nathan Chin: Chinese Comedy Party
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
01/04/2026 … Authoritarianism and the expansionist ambitions of the Beijing regime are played for laughs in Nathan Chin’s hugely entertaining debut.
Chris Marlton: Desmond Little
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
01/04/2026 … Were it not for Chris Marlton introducing himself by a name that’s not his, you’d be hard pressed to know this was a character act at all.
Tue 31 March 2026
Alexei Sayle writes another memoir
About his life in politics - 'like Engels but funnier'
31/03/2026 … Alexei Sayle is to publish a memoir tracing his lifelong involvement in left-wing politics.
Teaser for Riz Ahmed hosting SNL UK
31/03/2026 … Riz Ahmed is more chill than Ayoade Bamgboye and George Fouracres thought he’d be when they met him backstage at Saturday Night Live UK… or is he? Sky…