© Matt Crockett New podcast for Helen Lederer
With guests recalling the moment they said, 'Eff it'
22/09/2026 … Helen Lederer is launching a new podcast.
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Tue 22 September 2026
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© Leo Cackett Comics take part in Portrait Artist Of The Year
Grace Campbell, Munya Chawawa and Michelle de Swarte are subjects in series 13
22/09/2026 … Comedians Grace Campbell, Munya Chawawa and Michelle de Swarte, pictured, will be among the subjects of the next series of Portrait Artist Of The Year, it has…
Sun 20 September 2026
Friends rally to bring Rumpel home
Aussie clown also known as Jolly Goodfellow died in LA
20/09/2026 … Friends of street entertainer and globetrotting fool Jolly Goodfellow have raised more than £16,000 to return his remains – and his possessions…
Fri 18 September 2026
Jake Bhardwaj to host the British Podcast Awards
Accolades now in their tenth year
18/09/2026 … Jake Bhardwaj is to host this year’s British Podcast Awards, organisers have announced.
Thu 17 September 2026
John Thomson to play Scrooge
As Christmas Carol adaptation heads to Salford
17/09/2026 … John Thomson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a production of A Christmas Carol at the Salford Lowry this Christmas.
© N19±/CC BY-SA 3.0 Closed pub bought back to life as a comedy venue
17/09/2026 … A disused North London pub is to reopen once a month as a pop-up comedy and cabaret venue.
Wed 16 September 2026
© Chowells at English Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 BBC seeks the next great Scouse sitcom
Applications open for development scheme
16/09/2026 … Applications are now open for a BBC-backed project to develop comedy scripts coming out of Liverpool.
Plymouth to get its own comedy festival
Josh Widdicombe announced as ambassador
16/09/2026 … Josh Widdicombe is backing the inaugural Plymouth Comedy Festival as ambassador.