Grace Hogan: Hot Chicken Bags
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2026 … It’s an odd premise for a comedy show – yet also not odd enough: Grace Hogan has had the idea of making handbags from the packaging Woolworths uses…
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© C4/Avalon Who's finished last on more Taskmaster episodes than anyone else?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz, all about the show's worst contestants
07/04/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Guy Montgomery brings his spelling bee to London
A first as he plays Soho Theatre Walthamstow
07/04/2026 … New Zealand comedian Guy Montgomery is bringing his spelling bee to London for the first time.
Angela Channell and Adrian Gray join BBC writers' scheme
Plus staff changes at Baby Cow and Funny Women
07/04/2026 … Two emerging writers are to join BBC Studios’ audio comedy team on a development scheme that dates back to 1978.
© 5 Broadcasting Limited / Frank Films I've lost several friends over the years... making a new one is very welcome
Adrian Edmondson on his new birdwatching series with Sam West
07/04/2026 … In a new Channel 5 programme, Adrian Edmondson teams up with the actor Sam West, to go birdwatching around the UK.
Final three Chortle Student finalists of 2026 are named
People's Choice and wildcard places allocated
07/04/2026 … The final finalists in the Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
George Rigden: Self-Inflicted
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … When the comedy circuit was going through its MeToo moment in 2020, a parody Twitter account called Male Comedian Apologises offered a biting satirical take on the…
Barney Pollock: King Of The Pigs 2
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This is Barney Pollock’s first festival show, but the skill and commitment with which he inhabits his nightmarishly surreal characters tells you he’s…