Operation Mincemeat extends UK tour
14/09/2026 … The UK tour of comedy musical Operation Mincemeat has been extend for 36 weeks into 2027 The first leg ends on November 28 after 304 performances across 20 weeks,…
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Mon 14 September 2026
© BBC Every Goodies and Bill Oddie recording to be released
After nine-year quest to track dow the rights and the recordings
14/09/2026 … Every song committed to vinyl by the Goodies is set to be released on CD after a nine-year mission to secure all the rights.
© BBC Bob Mortimer writes his fourth novel
14/09/2026 … Details of Bob Mortimer's fourth novel have been revealed.
© Montclair Film, via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 Jeff Daniels to star in Scottish wedding comedy
Shooting near Loch Ness next month
14/09/2026 … Jeff Daniels is to star in a comedy movie about a Scottish wedding that descends into chaos when the bride is jilted at the altar.
Sun 13 September 2026
Mock The Week returns tonight
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
13/09/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Remembering Jeremy Hardy and Sean Lock
13/09/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,475 events Chortle currently has listed.
Josh Pugh teams up with Pete Doherty for YouTube show
Comic and Libertines frontman explore Margate
13/09/2026 … Josh Pugh has teamed up with The Libertines frontman Pete Doherty for a new video podcast.
Sat 12 September 2026
Al Murray writes comic-book war story
For the 6,000th issue of Commando
12/09/2026 … Al Murray has penned his first comic book story, a D-Day adventure for the war comic Commando.