Hajar, Like Badger
Review from the Women In Comedy festival
13/10/2026 … A child defying a strict parent to follow their passion is a classic plot, used in the likes of Billy Elliot, Bend It Like Beckham and countless more.
Tue 13 October 2026
© BBC What was the first name of Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?
13/10/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© Conker Pictures / Peter Marley First look at Vittorio Angelone in his TV acting debut
Starring as a care worker in Rewarding
13/10/2026 … Here are the first pictures of stand-up Vittorio Angelone in his first major acting role.
© Prime Video 'Trying to be serious is inevitably always so funny'
Q&As with all the Last One Laughing Halloween contestants
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
'It's the UEFA Cup of comedy...'
Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty on Last One Laughing Halloween
13/10/2026 … Last One Laughing returns to Prime Video for a Halloween special, airing from October 23.
© Nit TV 'If it ain’t making paper salad then its gots to go'
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou on the return of their sketch show
13/10/2026 … Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show returns to BBC Two and iPlayer next Wednesday, four years after the last series.
Mon 12 October 2026
Douglas Adams to be the subject of a graphic novel
'The definitively inaccurate story’ of writer's life
12/10/2026 … Douglas Adams is to be the subject of an unauthorised biography – in graphic novel form.
Good Elf! Lyons was the best-reviewed show of the Fringe
Olaf Falafel No2 as Pierre Novellie tops an alternative analysis
12/10/2026 … Elf Lyons had the best-reviewed comedy show of the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, new analysis has shown.