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© BBC/Remarkable Entertainment Ben Miller to co-host forthcoming episodes
19/05/2026 … Alexander Armstrong will be reuniting with his double-act partner Ben Miller on upcoming episodes of Pointless.
Comedy festival doles out its awards
19/05/2026 … The Sydney Comedy Festival has announced the winners of its 2026 awards, with Reuben Kaye and Frankie McNair sharing the best of the fest award.
Ricky Gervais’s show tops Radio Times poll
19/05/2026 … After Life has been named the best modern comedy in a new Radio Times poll.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Snack brand seeks the 'Cheeziest' gags
19/05/2026 … A new Joke of the Fringe contest is being launched at Edinburgh this summer.
Based around the spooky artefacts he's collected
17/05/2026 … Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts.
© BBC The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
17/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
17/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Big ensemble cast in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
17/05/2026 … A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
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