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Record ten nominees for main comedy festival award
15/04/2026 … British comedians Sam Nicoresti, Dan Tiernan and Emmanuel Sonubi have been nominated for the biggest prize in Australian live comedy.
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Wed 15 April 2026
Tue 14 April 2026
Sue Perkins to interview Dawn French
14/04/2026 … Sue Perkins will interview Dawn French as part of a live theatre tour this spring, it has been announced.
Colin Hoult joins Adrian Mole adaptation
Playing the title character's dad
14/04/2026 … Colin Hoult has joined the cast of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾.
© Channel 4/Avalon Poland gets its own Taskmaster
Becoming the 12th international version currently on air
14/04/2026 … Poland is getting its own version of Taskmaster – becoming the 12th country outside the UK to be airing a home-grown version of the comedy hit.
© BBC All is forgiven?
Aimee Lou Wood to host SNL UK, despite criticising US original
14/04/2026 … Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood are to host the next two episodes of Saturday Night Live UK, it has been announced.
Fourth Paddington movie announced
With ‘world-renowned comedy writers’
14/04/2026 … A fourth Paddington film is to go into production.
Mon 13 April 2026
Crypt-ic comedy
Stand-up comes to a South London architectural gem
13/04/2026 … A long weekend of stand-up is coming to one of London’s hidden architectural gems.
© BBC/Expectation TV Twenty Twenty Six heads to the US
Rare deal for sitcom to be on two streamers
13/04/2026 … Twenty Twenty Six is to stream on two American platforms from next month.