All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Underrepresented performers make a point with Fringe photoshoot
12/08/2026 … Almost 60 women, queer, trans and non-binary performers have taken part in an Edinburgh Fringe photocall as they called on the arts and media world not to overlook…
'I’m not scared of whatever comes next'
12/08/2026 … The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed she has incurable breast cancer but said she intended to ‘live out whatever might be left of my life in as fun…
© Prime Video Cast includes some returning names
12/08/2026 … The line-up for the Halloween special of Last One Laughing has been officially announced.
Comic and his collaborates claim a 'universal theory of comedy'
11/08/2026 … Jimmy Carr has written a new book about the craft that goes into comedy.
Underbelly's cancer fundraiser returns
11/08/2026 … Nish Kumar, Rhys James, Rosie Jones and Larry Dean are among the comedians taking part in Underbelly’s eighth annual Big Brain Tumour Benefit, it has been…
© 5 Broadcasting Limited / Frank Films Comic reunited with Samuel West
11/08/2026 … Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson are to make a second series of their birdwatching series for 5.
...and this one vows to pay its comedians
11/08/2026 … A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed Leicester Comedy Festival.
© Avalon/UKTV Ten-week starring run in Oh, Mary!
10/08/2026 … Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London stage.
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