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Python comic writes a memoir about renovation a French property
17/04/2026 … Eric Idle has written a book about the half century he has spent trying to turn a ramshackle property in the south of France into his dream home.
© Scottish Government/CC BY-SA 2.0 Party set to follow Ireland's £14,700-a-year plan
17/04/2026 … Comedians in Scotland are set to be guaranteed an annual salary of around £15,000 a year if the SNP returns to power in Holyrood, the party has vowed.
© Nathan Macgee Playing a 'pompous, cruel and petty' man
16/04/2026 … Steve Coogan has joined the second series of BBC comedy Funboys.
Marble adventure Perchang World drops next month
16/04/2026 … James Acaster has lent his voice to a new video game.
© Ian West/PA News/Alamy Rhod Gilbert and Elf Lyons also contribute to biggest prize fund yet
16/04/2026 … James Corden will again be sponsoring the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards this year, alongside fellow comics Rhod Gilbert and Elf Lyons.
– says the man who started it all, Lorne Michaels
16/04/2026 … Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels has hailed the UK version of his venerable show as ‘smarter, funnier and more original’ than its American…
© Prime Video No screaming, comedians to be told
16/04/2026 … Comedians taking part in the Halloween special of Last One Laughing will have to adhere to a new rule.
© David Iliff/CC BY-SA 3.0 16/04/2026 … Comedy industry body Craft is running a survey to help the government compile an up-to-date picture of sexism in the sector.
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