Get a first look at clips from the revived Mock The Week
...and it's remarkably similar to the old one!
31/01/2026 … Here are some clips from the first episode of the revived Mock The Week, to air on the TLC channel on Sunday night.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 31 January 2026
© BBC Amanda & Alan’s renovation show to return
...but with a very different look
31/01/2026 … Alan Carr is to make another series of his property renovation show with Amanda Holden – but won’t be heading to the sun.
Fri 30 January 2026
Dom Joly announces Trigger Happy TV tour
Celebrating hidden camera show's 25 year anniversary
30/01/2026 … Dom Joly is going on tour to mark 25 years of Trigger Happy TV.
© Big Talk/Four Eyes Stephen Merchant to star in a romcom opposite Cameron Diaz
Comic also co-writes and directs the movie
30/01/2026 … Stephen Merchant is to star in a rom-com opposite Cameron Diaz.
Thu 29 January 2026
Fatiha El-Ghorri announces her first tour
29/01/2026 … Fatiha El-Ghorri has announced her debut stand-up show with 11 UK dates this spring The 44-year-old Hackney-born comedian, who became a breakout star on the 19th…
After 43 years, Banana Cabaret slips away
One of the UK's oldest comedy clubs to close
29/01/2026 … London’s Banana Cabaret comedy club – one of the oldest in the UK and the place where Eddie Izzard first performed stand-up – is to close…
Wed 28 January 2026
Second series for Pierre Novellie's Radio 4 show
28/01/2026 … Radio 4 has ordered a second series of Why In The Name Of Pierre Novellie? The comedian confirmed the news as the last episode in the current series just finished…
Comedy clubs CAN benefit from pubs' aid package
Government confirms business rate deal extends to stand-up venues
28/01/2026 … Comedy clubs will benefit from a new government business rates package, it has been confirmed, after an industry body queried their apparent exclusion.