All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Channel 4 Comedy pilot about a teen 'trapped in a dead-end town'
29/07/2026 … Laura Marcus – the star of Netflix’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed adaptation – has made a Comedy Blap pilot for Channel 4.
Nine final charity gigs announced
29/07/2026 … Peter Kay has announced a run of nine charity shows to wrap up his Better Late Than Never tour after four years.
Sara Pascoe and Chris Ramsey to compete in Gladiators.
29/07/2026 … Sara Pascoe and Chris Ramsey are to take part in the next Gladiators celebrity special.
© Tom Bird Comedian's first major art show opens tomorrow
28/07/2026 … The first major solo art exhibition by comedian Joe Lycett opens in his Birmingham hometown tomorrow.
Including an SNL UK masterclass
28/07/2026 … The Edinburgh TV Festival is launching a day-long strand dedicated to comedy this year, Chortle can reveal.
Three decades since their C4 show first aired
28/07/2026 … Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are to reunite on stage to mark 30 years since their Channel 4 series first aired.
© C4 FX snaps up the rights to Wildwood
27/07/2026 … Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is making a new comedy about a group of Irish college girls who descend on New Jersey in the summer of 2000.
Assembly venues relocate after Princes Street fire
27/07/2026 … Two of Assembly Festival’s venues are to move to St Andrew Square for the Edinburgh Fringe following the fire on Princes Street.
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