Entries open for 2026 LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year
01/07/2026 … Applications are now open for the 2026 LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year.
Wed 01 July 2026
Mon 29 June 2026
Rhys Nicholson films stand-up special
Ahead of their appearance on The Traitors Australia
29/06/2026 … Rhys Nicholson is filming a comedy special in Melbourne on Friday.
Sat 27 June 2026
Ford Kiernan wins two Scottish podcast awards
For the show he hosts with Shelby May
27/06/2026 … Still Game star Ford Kiernan was the big winner at the first Scottish Podcast Awards, with his Ford & Shelby Show taking top prize The comic hosts the podcast…
Thu 25 June 2026
© BBC Bottom guide released as an audiobook
Read by the sitcom's, barman, Lee Cornes
25/06/2026 … Lee Cornes – who played pub landlord Dick Head in Bottom – has recorded an audiobook guide to the Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson sitcom.
Tue 23 June 2026
© UKTV/David Cummings BBC and UKTV seek the next big comedy entertainment hit
23/06/2026 … TV production companies are being asked to pitch ideas for the next big comedy entertainment show.
© BBC BBC hails Michael McIntyre's social media reach
250million views of Big Show series 9 clips
23/06/2026 … The BBC has been hailing the social media success of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, after clips from the latest series racked up 250 million views worldwide.
Mon 22 June 2026
© Channel 4 Comics join the cast of Mog’s Bad Thing
John Thomson, Katherine Parkinson and Mawaan Rizwan in Channel 4 special
22/06/2026 … John Thomson, Katherine Parkinson and Mawaan Rizwan have joined the voice cast of Channel 4’s next animated adventure involving Mog the cat, Mog’s…
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan High Life musical sccops stage award
Critics vote it 'best ensemble'
22/06/2026 … A stage musical based on 1990s TV comedy The High Life has scooped an accolade at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.