Chicken Shop Date ends
Amelia Dimoldenberg winds up her hit series
03/09/2026 … Amelia Dimoldenberg has announced she will end Chicken Shop Date after more than a decade.
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Thu 03 September 2026
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Jeff Goldblum to host SNL UK
03/09/2026 … Jeff Goldblum is to host the first episode in series two of Saturday Night Live UK, it has been announced.
© Big Talk/Four Eyes Stephen Merchant makes £10.5million
Company coffers swelled in 2025
03/09/2026 … Stephen Merchant's wealth grew by more than £10.
© Foxtel Liz Kingsman cast in Australian comedy
Tough Love starts shooting in Sydney
03/09/2026 … Former Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Liz Kingsman is to star in a new Australian comedy, Tough Love.
Wed 02 September 2026
Ludwig gets a Christmas special
Featuring Poirot star David Suchet
02/09/2026 … The BBC has announced a Christmas special for the comedy detective series Ludwig, with Sir David Suchet joining the cast as a murder suspect.
Entries open for 2026 Comedy Poster Awards
02/09/2026 … Entries have opened for this year’s Comedy Poster Awards – with a £1,000 prize fund up for grabs.
Kurupt FM to headline Hackney Empire
First in a new series of variety nights
02/09/2026 … People Just Do Nothing’s Kurupt FM are to headline the first in a new series of variety nights at the Hackney Empire.
Edinburgh Fringe rejects calls to bring 2027 event earlier
It would be logistically impossible, say festival chiefs
02/09/2026 … The organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe have ruled out changing the dates of next year’s festival.