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© Channel 4/Avalon Becoming the 12th international version currently on air
14/04/2026 … Poland is getting its own version of Taskmaster – becoming the 12th country outside the UK to be airing a home-grown version of the comedy hit.
© BBC Aimee Lou Wood to host SNL UK, despite criticising US original
14/04/2026 … Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood are to host the next two episodes of Saturday Night Live UK, it has been announced.
With ‘world-renowned comedy writers’
14/04/2026 … A fourth Paddington film is to go into production.
Stand-up comes to a South London architectural gem
13/04/2026 … A long weekend of stand-up is coming to one of London’s hidden architectural gems.
© BBC/Expectation TV Rare deal for sitcom to be on two streamers
13/04/2026 … Twenty Twenty Six is to stream on two American platforms from next month.
Cast also includes comics Sy Thomas and Tiff Stevenson
13/04/2026 … Richard Herring has joined the cast of Zak The Ripper, a British indie comedy film gearing up for production this September.
© Morecambe BID Celebrating the comedian's 100th birthday
13/04/2026 … Work has started on a new mural celebrating Eric Morecambe in the Lancashire seaside town that gave the comedian his name.
'This sits entirely with me,' says comic after Chortle's exposé
12/04/2026 … Comedian Pete Gionis has admitted he harassed customers for posting a one-star review of the comedy club he runs.
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