© Rumpus Media Johnny Vegas to play a priest in new dark comedy
07/05/2026 … Johnny Vegas is to play a priest in one of the next films in 5’s Play For Today.
2026 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 07 May 2026
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© BBC Comics join Death Valley
Guest stars include Roisin Conaty, Jim Howick and Hammed Animashaun
07/05/2026 … A raft of comedians including Roisin Conaty, Ghosts’ Jim Howick and SNL UK’s Hammed Animashaun are to have guest roles in the second series of Death…
Second series for Saturday Night Live UK
Sky confirms extended run of 12 episodes
07/05/2026 … Saturday Night Live UK will return for a second series, Sky has announced.
Eugene Mirman releases his first special in a decade
07/05/2026 … Eugene Mirman has released his first stand-up special in a decade for free on YouTube.
Wed 06 May 2026
Peter Kay reschedules his aborted Birmingham show
New date for fans evacuated over bomb scare
06/05/2026 … Peter Kay has rescheduled his Birmingham show that was evacuated because of a bomb scare on Friday.
Fawlty Towers actress Claire Nielson dies at 89
She also worked with Rikki Fulton and the Two Ronnies
06/05/2026 … Claire Nielson, who played the glamorous American Mrs Hamilton in Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 89.
Lucy Porter's new Radio 4 show is history
She, Max Fosh and others pilot new quiz ideas
06/05/2026 … Lucy Porter is to host a new history-based quiz on Radio 4.
© Boffola Pictures First look at Diane Morgan as a robot
In her new BBC series Ann Droid
06/05/2026 … The BBC has released the first photographs from Ann Droid, a new six-part comedy series written by Diane Morgan and Sarah Kendall.