Reece Shearsmith writes a memoir of the macabre
Based around the spooky artefacts he's collected
17/05/2026 … Reece Shearsmith has written a memoir about his fascination with macabre and spooky artefacts.
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Sun 17 May 2026
© BBC A Very Peculiar Practice returns to TV
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
17/05/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Come and marvel as a man describes a room!
17/05/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Distribution deal for star-studded UK comedy
Big ensemble cast in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
17/05/2026 … A cast of British comedy stars will feature in a ‘warm, uplifting and genuinely funny’ festive comedy film called Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Sat 16 May 2026
More comedians join Judd Apatow's The Comeback King.
Appearing alongside Glen Powell and Li Jin Hao
16/05/2026 … A host of fellow comedians have joined Li Jin Hao in the upcoming Judd Apatow movie The Comeback King.
Fri 15 May 2026
© Damian Bennett Tim Minchin to write new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang songs
Reuniting with his Matilda collaborator Matthew Warchus
15/05/2026 … Tim Minchin is writing the songs for a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake.
© Stephanie Gibson Josie Long's axed Short Cuts to return
Radio 4 documentary strand back from the dead with new backers
15/05/2026 … The BBC is bringing back Josie Long’s Radio 4 series Short Cuts – less than two years after axing it.
© BBC/James Stack Photography Not Going Out scrapped a Bobby Ball tribute episode as it was 'too sad'
Lee Mack talks about the sitcom, and maybe turning it into a play
15/05/2026 … Lee Mack wrote an episode of Not Going Out based around the funeral of Bobby Ball’s character – but scrapped it because it was too sad.