© Mobo Organisation Eddie Kadi to host the Mobos again
28/01/2026 … Eddie Kadi will return as host of the Mobo Awards this year, it has been announced.
Wed 28 January 2026
© Mobo Organisation Tue 27 January 2026
More creatives join SNL UK
27/01/2026 … Three more appointments have been announced for the upcoming Saturday Night Live UK.
Mark Thomas and Marcel Lucont join Also Festival
Comedy line-up also includes Elf Lyons and Robin Ince
27/01/2026 … The Also Festival has unveiled its comedy programme for 2026, with political stand-up Mark Thomas and French character comic Marcel Lucont among the headline acts.
Mon 26 January 2026
Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart launch a Heated Rivalry podcast
Daily analysis of the show about gay hockey players
26/01/2026 … Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart have started a daily podcast about the TV series Heated Rivalry.
Fri 23 January 2026
Lisa Clark to oversee Saturday Night Live UK
Credits includ Vic & Bob, Top Gear and My Dad Wrote A Porno
23/01/2026 … Sky has appointed former Top Gear showrunner Lisa Clark to oversee the UK remake of Saturday Night Live.
Tue 20 January 2026
© David Venni York Comedy Festival announces 2026 line-up
Russell Howard and Ross Noble to headline the one-day open-air event
20/01/2026 … Some of Britain's best-known comedians will perform at the one-day York Comedy Festival when it returns to the city's Museum Gardens this July.
Samantha Baines becomes patron of theatre captioning charity
Deaf comedian 'personally understands how life-changing the work is'
20/01/2026 … Comedian Samantha Baines has been appointed patron of Stagetext, a charity that provides captioning for deaf theatregoers.
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Comedians launch a show about their struggles to socialise
20/01/2026 … Stand-up comedians Harriet Dyer, Lindsey Santoro and Amy Mason are launching a podcast about why it's so hard to leave the house.