Comic Lucy Frederick joins Oh, Mary!
Playing the chaperone to Lolly Adefope's First Lady
10/09/2026 … Stand-up Lucy Frederick is joining the cast of Oh, Mary! in the West End.
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Thu 10 September 2026
Dom Joly launches a Trigger Happy style web show
Mugwuffin skits available to subscribers only
10/09/2026 … Dom Joly has launched a subscription comedy channel building on the ideas of Trigger Happy TV.
Ali G statue rejected
Councillors throw out proposal for Staines landmark
10/09/2026 … A bid to erect a statue of Ali G has been rejected.
© UKTV Will & Ralf Should Know Better gets a third series
UKTV commissions for more episodes
10/09/2026 … UKTV has commissioned a third series of Will & Ralf Should Know Better for its U&Dave channel.
Wed 09 September 2026
© Ashley Graham via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Drunk History returns
With Meghan Trainor as Madonna
09/09/2026 … Drunk History is returning after more than seven years.
Mike Newall back home following his brain haemorrhage
Comic thanks colleagues for their support
09/09/2026 … Comedian Mike Newall is back home, having been discharged from hospital following his brain haemorrhage last month.
Ruby Wax pulls her Evening With... dates
Citing ‘circumstances outside of my control’
09/09/2026 … Ruby Wax has cancelled a series of live shows citing ‘circumstances outside of my control’.
© Matt Crockett The play will keep going wrong until 2028
Slapstick comedy extends its West End run
09/09/2026 … The Play That Goes Wrong has extended its booking at the Duchess Theatre until January 2028.