All hail Saturday Night Live UK!
Who'd have thought it? Having talented comedians make comedy paid off, writes Steve Bennett
17/05/2026 … Two words about Saturday Night Live UK as its first season draws to a close: nailed it.
Sun 17 May 2026
Reece Shearsmith writes a memoir of the macabre
Based around the spooky artefacts he's collected
17/05/2026 … Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts.
© BBC A Very Peculiar Practice returns to TV
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
17/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Come and marvel as a man describes a room!
17/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Distribution deal for star-studded UK comedy
Big ensemble cast in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
17/05/2026 … A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Looking Theroux the Mirror
17/05/2026 … In a Travelodge in Bromsgrove, Louis Theroux interviews the one person he’s never managed to before.
Sat 16 May 2026
© BBC/James Stack Photography When Gavin and Stacey wasn't so unforgettable...
Alison Steadman at the BBC Comedy Festival
16/05/2026 … It became the biggest comedy on British TV, but Gavin and Stacey had a modest start on BBC Three – and certainly didn’t have the brand recognition…
More comedians join Judd Apatow's The Comeback King.
Appearing alongside Glen Powell and Li Jin Hao
16/05/2026 … A host of fellow comedians have joined Li Jin Hao in the upcoming Judd Apatow movie The Comeback King.