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© BBC/SHUK Robert Webb, Peter Serafinowicz and Kevin Eldon join the cast
20/07/2026 … Greg Davies is returning as crime scene cleaner Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead for a Christmas special of The Cleaner, to be set in Italy.
© Onyi Olisa In the guise of her alter-ego Gwen
20/07/2026 … Comedian Rachel Baker has won the Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest, performing as her high-energy, dance-loving alter-ego Gwen.
© Aemen Sukkar 19/07/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© ITV The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
19/07/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Bar had repossessed over comedy festival's financial woes
18/07/2026 … The manager of the venue forced to close because of the financial woes of Leicester Comedy Festival has raised almost £18,000 to save it.
18/07/2026 … Shane Gillis has established a record for most tickets sold for a show by a solo comedian.
© Hat Trick Productions Third series for Smoggie sitcom
18/07/2026 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Smoggie Queens.
Female talent in the spotlight
17/07/2026 … Nineteen women have been spotlighted as ‘ones to watch’ in comedy as part of a project to promote female talent in the industry.
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