Stars revealed for BBC Comedy Festival 2026
Including Lee Mack, Michael Palin and Diane Morgan
08/04/2026 … Lee Mack, Michael Palin and Diane Morgan are among the stars who will be heading to this year’s BBC Comedy Festival, Chortle can reveal.
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Wed 08 April 2026
© BBC Applications open for the 2026 BBC Comedy Collective
For those who already have a credit behind them
08/04/2026 … Applications open today for the BBC Comedy Collective, which aims to support the next generation of comedy talent, The bursary…
Tue 07 April 2026
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.
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.
Mon 06 April 2026
Marie turns her hand to stand-up... at 88
Retired factory worker takes part in Glasgow comedy festival scheme
06/04/2026 … Here’s 88-year-old Marie McLaren performing stand-up for the first time, after part in a Glasgow International Comedy Festival scheme.
Sun 05 April 2026
© BBC Ian Fletcher – and Taskmaster – return
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
05/04/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Gary Delaney starts another mammoth tour
The best of the week's live comedy
05/04/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.