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© BBC Sarnies set in a Newcastle sandwich shop
28/05/2026 … Smoggie Queens star Elijah Young is making a BBC comedy short set in a sandwich shop on Newcastle's Bigg Market.
Strong demand for outdoor comedy festival
28/05/2026 … A Glasgow outdoor comedy festival is to stage a second event this summer following strong demand for the first.
© Netflix 28/05/2026 … Ted Danson and Elizabeth Banks are to star as father and daughter in a new Apple TV comedy.
New C4 competition series based around designing contraptions
27/05/2026 … Bill Bailey is to front a new Channel 4 competition series celebrating amateur inventors, the broadcaster has announced.
Midlands city to host all the 2026 heats
27/05/2026 … Entries have opened for this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards.
Comic called the resort 'the greatest show town in the world'
27/05/2026 … An exhibition celebrating the life and career of Ken Dodd is to open at Showtown, Blackpool’s museum of entertainment, in June – the first time the venue…
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe topple Off Menu
27/05/2026 … Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe has become the UK’s most listened-to comedy podcast.
With Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Sara Pascoe and more
27/05/2026 … Manchester’s Laughterama outdoor comedy festival has announced its 2026 line-up.
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