All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Including Frank Skinner, Kristen Schaal, Sam Campbell and Joe Lycett
21/04/2026 … The line-up has been announced for the Roundhouse Comedy Festival, which is returning to the Camden venue three years after its debut.
Developing ideas for C4 and S4C
21/04/2026 … Six comedy writer-performers have been selected for Comedy Lab Cymru, a development scheme run jointly by S4C, Channel 4 and production company Little Wander.
21/04/2026 … Chris O’Dowd is to join Bill Burr on the coming-of-age comedy Bender.
Comedy festival defaults on paying comedians
20/04/2026 … Hundreds of comedians have been left unpaid by The Leicester Comedy Festival, up to 75 days after they performed there.
© Channel 4/Avalon 20/04/2026 … Taskmaster creator Alex Horne could be setting families a series of challenges in a new Channel 4 series currenty under development.
© BBC/Hat Trick Comedian among those trying to impress Lord Sugar
20/04/2026 … Stand-up Laura Smyth is taking part in the first full series of Celebrity Apprentice.
© HBO 20/04/2026 … James Acaster is reportedly taking part in the next series of The Celebrity Traitors.
The best of the week's live comedy
19/04/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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