Stamptown to become a Netflix comedy special
Anarchic showcase to be filmed at streamer's annual LA festival
20/01/2026 … Cult late-night comedy show Stamptown is to be made into a Netflix comedy special.
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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.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Russell Brand appears in court via video
Appearance over two new charges filed last month
20/01/2026 … Russell Brand has appeared in court via videolink today on two new charges of rape and sexual offences that were raised against him last month.
A podcast worth going out for?
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.
Mon 19 January 2026
Can you help audio comedy series get off the ground?
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.
The first stand-up show to tour record shops
Alastair Clark recalls his time in an indie store
19/01/2026 … Alastair Clark has announced what’s believed to be the first ever stand-up comedy tour of independent record shops.
Three new R4 stand-up specials to be taped
From Amy Annette, Ray Bradshaw and Matt Hutchinson
19/01/2026 … Amy Annette, Matt Hutchinson and Ray Bradshaw are all recording their stand-up specials for Radio 4.