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© Harald Krichel / WikiPortraits Guest stars for James Corden and Ruth Jones's new comedy announced
06/10/2026 … Hannah Waddingham, James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent will guest star in James Corden and Ruth Jones’s The Choir, it has been revealed.
© BBC New sitcom about a crumbling country house
06/10/2026 … James Nesbitt has joined the cast of Hopley Hall, a new six-part BBC comedy set in a crumbling stately home on the County Antrim coast.
© BBC End of the line for long-running shows Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game
06/10/2026 … The BBC has axed two long-running Northern Irish comedy shows: Give My Head Peace and The Blame Game.
Australian comedian will be having a double mastectomy.
06/10/2026 … Australian comedian Judith Lucy has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
© Channel 4 05/10/2026 … Taskmaster has announced two live shows – at Manchester's AO Arena and the Hollywood Bowl.
£45,000 help for the Live Comedy Association
05/10/2026 … The Live Comedy Association has been awarded £45,000 of Arts Council England funding to support a series of events – boosting its campaign to get…
05/10/2026 … US comedian Reggie McFadden, known for his work on1990s Fox sketch series In Living Color has died at the age of 57.
05/10/2026 … This year’s Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been hailed a success after attracting more than 17,000 audience members in its second year, organisers say.
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