Dylan Moran starts his new tour
...and Nottingham Comedy Festival gets under way in the week's best live comedy
25/10/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,351 events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 25 October 2026
© Owl Power Gone Fishing returns
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
25/10/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Fri 23 October 2026
© Conker Pictures / Peter Marley What now for Vittorio Angelone’s sitcom debut?
BBC ‘actively considering’ position over rape joke
23/10/2026 … Questions have been raised over the future of Vittorio Angelone’s sitcom debut after the BBC said it was ‘actively considering’ concerns raised…
LGBTQ+ new comedian of the year 2026 finalists announced
Contest concludes at the Comedy Store next month
23/10/2026 … The ten finalists have been confirmed for this year’s LGBTQ+ new comedian of the year Competing for the title at the Comedy Store in London on November…
Thu 22 October 2026
© Fremantlemedia and QI Ltd Which comics are making their QI debuts?
22/10/2026 … Angela Barnes, Bella Hull, Stevie Martin, Blank Peng, Daniel Sloss and Ian Smith will all be making their QI debut on the upcoming X series.
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges breaks Belfast arena record
Comic plays The O2 more than any other stand-up
22/10/2026 … Kevin Bridges will this weekend become the comedian who has played the most gigs at The O2 Belfast.
BBC merges its comedy commissioning teams
TV and radio now under one department
22/10/2026 … The BBC is to merge its teams commissioning comedy for TV and radio into one unit.
TV festival won't clash with Edinburgh Fringe
Dates pushed later as event moves to Manchester
22/10/2026 … Next year’s TV Festival will NOT clash with the Edinburgh Fringe, as the annual event moves out of the Scottish capital for the first time.