Comedian Tom Short offers free stand-up training
Would-be acts raise sponsorship for charity instead...
02/08/2026 … Comedian Tom Short has launched a series of free stand-up training sessions in aid of charity.
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Sun 02 August 2026
BBC buys Aussie comedy-drama He Had It Coming
Starring Big Mood’s Lydia West
02/08/2026 … The BBC is to air He Had It Coming, an Australian comedy-drama starring Big Mood’s Lydia West.
© Netflix From Ted Lasso to Ricky Gervias's sweary cats
The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
02/08/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle's back in London
...and some comedy happens in Edinburgh – the pick of the week's gigs
02/08/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC Ellie Taylor 'to host the Strictly: It Takes Two'
Producers reportedly said 'boring' spin-off needed a revamp
02/08/2026 … Ellie Taylor is to host the Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two,It has been reported.
Fri 31 July 2026
© Steve Ullathorne Stewart Lee's Basic Lee gets a DVD release
Put together by a cult folkloric rambling zine
31/07/2026 … Stewart Lee's stand-up show Basic Lee is to get its first DVD release,.
Underbelly Boulevard to close
Owners cut their Soho lease short due to 'insurmountable' costs
31/07/2026 … Soho’s Underbelly Boulevard is to close in January – with its operators saying the costs involved in running such a venue have became insurmountable.
Thu 30 July 2026
Paddy McGuinness to switch on the Blackpool Illuminations
Comic 'chuffed to be part of the history of the town'
30/07/2026 … Paddy McGuinness will switch on the Blackpool Illuminations this year, it has been announced Thousands are expected to gather for the event on September…