Sky to air Rob Beckett’s Giraffe special
'The funniest and most honest show I have ever done'
25/03/2026 … Rob Beckett’s latest stand-up tour, Giraffe, is to air on Sky One on Good Friday, it has been announced.
2026 Other news
Wed 25 March 2026
Last ever Luke Rollason bursary winners announced
Alternative comedians heading to the Brighton Fringe
25/03/2026 … Comedian Luke Rollason has announced the winners of the fifth and final year of the memorial bursary – a prize he set up, while still very much alive, to support…
© Marsha Arnold Monty Don to host Have I Got News For You
25/03/2026 … Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time.
Hammer nails it
Comic Kate secures financial help for her Edinburgh Fringe debut
25/03/2026 … Glasgow-based comic Kate Hammer will be getting help staging her Edinburgh Fringe show this year after being named the recipient of a fund helping up-and-coming…
Tue 24 March 2026
Beyond the Dome
Brighton comedy festival expands
24/03/2026 … This year's Brighton Dome Comedy Festival won’t just be at the Brighton Dome.
Bill Murray secures rates rebate
After the intervention of the Live Comedy Association
24/03/2026 … London’s Bill Murray comedy club has received a business rates support package worth thousands of pounds.
Mon 23 March 2026
Harriet Walter, Anne Reid and Freddie Fox join Youth
Sharon Horgan's forthcoming comedy
23/03/2026 … Three well-known British actors have joined the cast of Youth, a new comedy from Sharon Horgan due to air on HBO.
Fri 20 March 2026
© John McMurtrie Cambridge Comedy Garden back for a third year
Manchester's A Lovely Weekend festival also returns
20/03/2026 … The Cambridge Comedy Garden is returning in July with a lineup that includes some of the biggest names on the British comedy circuit, including Jack Dee, Ross…