© Channel 4 Upcoming comedy with Lara Ricote and Samuel Bottomley
11/02/2026 … A host of familiar comedy faces including John Thomson, Jessica Knappett and Catherine Cohen have joined the cast of forthcoming Channel 4 sitcom Break Clause.
...and how he's always accused of 'box-ticking'
11/02/2026 … He has become one of British television’s most recognisable faces – but now Mo Gilligan has opened up about the hidden costs of success in both…
Festival box office opens at noon
11/02/2026 … The Edinburgh Fringe box office opens today, with its first batch of shows.
© Matt Crockett Yet another show for the Celebrity Traitors winner
11/02/2026 … Alan Carr is to front a new travelogue series featuring Jack Dee, Tom Allen and Joanne McNally.
Playing a 19th Century English aristocrat
10/02/2026 … Rhys Darby is to star in a new period comedy, it has been reported.
Anthology of verses first posted on Instagram
10/02/2026 … Catherine Cohen, is this week publishing her debut collection of poems, drawing on similar theme to her-stand up: life, relationships and the messy business…
Hugely influential clown teacher dies at 82
10/02/2026 … Philippe Gaulier, the Frenchman who trained generations of actors and comedians including Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson, has died aged…
10/02/2026 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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