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© BBC/Baby Cow/Ollie Upton The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
28/09/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday September 29 RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: The show returns with comedians…
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka shares Saudi contract details
28/09/2025 … The censorship rules comedians have to follow when playing the lucrative – but controversial – Riyadh Comedy Festival have been revealed As…
© ITV Vikki Stone adapts Sir Tony Robinson’s hit children’s TV series
26/09/2025 … Rufus Hound is to star in a new stage musical based on Sir Tony Robinson’s hit children’s TV series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
© BBC Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs celebrate a second Welsh town
26/09/2025 … Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are to celebrate the town of Porthcawl in their second BBC Wales tribute.
Maple Zuo and Madeleine Brettingham runners-up
25/09/2025 … Nicola Mantalios has won this year’s Funny Women stage award in the guise of her alter-ego Zoe.
© Karen Allain Perrier-winner tells all in new show
25/09/2025 … Former Perrier winner Will Adamsdale is to tour a new show about writing a sitcom with Chat GPT.
25/09/2025 … The Live Comedy Association has today launched a major new fund aimed to support the grassroots UK live comedy sector.
Huge career boost for freestyle rapper
25/09/2025 … British comedian Chris Turner’s freestyle rapping has secured him second place in this year’s America’s Got Talent.
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