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.
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.
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.
© David Venni 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.
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.
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.
New crowdfunding platform launched
19/01/2026 … A new crowdfunding platform for scripted audio comedy has launched today, offering listeners the chance to back original series directly.
'To help break down stigma around mental health'
16/01/2026 … Amy Gledhill has been appointed as the first patron of Hull and East Yorkshire Mind, a role the charity hopes will help break down stigma around mental health.
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