Brown Sauce names its 2026 Comedy Lab cohort
Free workshop for eight emerging comedians
05/10/2026 … South Asian comedy club Brown Sauce has announced the eight emerging comedians chosen for its 2026 Comedy Lab.
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Mon 05 October 2026
Rare Spike Milligan footage to be broadcast
Talking Pictures TV given access to personal archive
05/10/2026 … Rare Spike Milligan performances and home video clips are to get a TV airing.
Rowan Atkinson returns to the stage
Blackadder, Bean and more in West End show
05/10/2026 … Rowan Atkinson is to perform characters such as Blackadder and Mr Bean in a live West End show next year.
John Cleese: I can't wait to be arrested!
Comic relishes controversy after being reported for anti-Islam tweets
05/10/2026 … John Cleese has said it is ‘exciting’ to be referred to the government’s counter-extremism scheme Prevent.
Another date for Radio 4's Live From The UK
Angela Barnes to tape in Margate
05/10/2026 … An additional recording date has been announced for the next series of Radio 4's flagship stand-up series Live From The UK.
Sun 04 October 2026
© Rachel Sherlock Bringing Pizazz to the stage
The best of the week's live comedy
04/10/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,648 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC Undead funny: BBC's new vampire sitcom
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/10/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Sat 03 October 2026
Eden Voss wins Birmingham's Breaking Talent Award
As city's comedy festival gets under way
03/10/2026 … Eden Voss won the Birmingham Comedy Festival’s Breaking Talent Award 2026.