Make That Movie
Review of Sam Campbell's new Channel 4 comedy
28/05/2026 … It’s one thing to be the disruptively quirky figure on a robust format like Taskmaster or Last One Laughing, but for such a comedian to head their own show…
Thu 28 May 2026
© BBC BBC orders comedy short from Smoggie Queens star Elijah Young
Sarnies set in a Newcastle sandwich shop
28/05/2026 … Smoggie Queens star Elijah Young is making a BBC comedy short set in a sandwich shop on Newcastle's Bigg Market.
© Barry Pells Smoggie Queens are a work of art
Mural unveiled in Middlesbrough
28/05/2026 … The stars of Smoggie Queens have been captured in a mural that was officially unveiled in Middlesbrough town centre yesterday.
Glasgow's Laugh In The Park adds a second date
Strong demand for outdoor comedy festival
28/05/2026 … A Glasgow outdoor comedy festival is to stage a second event this summer following strong demand for the first.
© Netflix Ted Danson to star in Apple TV comedy
28/05/2026 … Ted Danson and Elizabeth Banks are to star as father and daughter in a new Apple TV comedy.
Wed 27 May 2026
Bill Bailey to celebrate amateur inventors
New C4 competition series based around designing contraptions
27/05/2026 … Bill Bailey is to front a new Channel 4 competition series celebrating amateur inventors, the broadcaster has announced.
BBC New Comedy Awards are sent to Coventry
Midlands city to host all the 2026 heats
27/05/2026 … Entries have opened for this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards.
Maisie Adam: I knew taking my top off would come back to haunt me...
Comedian recalls celebrating the Lionesses' Euros victory
27/05/2026 … Maisie Adam has relived the moment she took her top off to celebrate Lionesses winning their second Euros last summer.