All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Government confirms business rate deal extends to stand-up venues
28/01/2026 … Comedy clubs will benefit from a new government business rates package, it has been confirmed, after an industry body queried their apparent exclusion.
© Mobo Organisation 28/01/2026 … Eddie Kadi will return as host of the Mobo Awards this year, it has been announced.
Fourth series for Brett Goldstein show
28/01/2026 … Apple TV has renewed Shrinking for a fourth series, before the third has aired.
Three nominations for The Ballad of Wallis Island
27/01/2026 … The Ballad of Wallis Island has racked up three nominations in this year’s Bafta Awards.
© Karla Gowlett Comic back to discuss 'the complex pool of masculinity'
27/01/2026 … Geoff Norcott’s Working Men’s Club – the comic’s stand-up series about modern masculinity – is returning to Radio 4 this spring/ Four…
Comedian's tour show to be shown in more than 400 cinemas
27/01/2026 … James Acaster’s last tour is to be screened in more than 400 cinemas across the UK.
27/01/2026 … Three more appointments have been announced for the upcoming Saturday Night Live UK.
Comedy line-up also includes Elf Lyons and Robin Ince
27/01/2026 … The Also Festival has unveiled its comedy programme for 2026, with political stand-up Mark Thomas and French character comic Marcel Lucont among the headline acts.
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