The shortlists have been announced for this year's Comedy.co.uk Awards. 

It is the 20th year of these awards. As always, the results are based entirely on a public vote. The public selected the following to be on the shortlists, and now voting runs until end of Sunday...

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Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian 2025, Leicester Square Theatre
Fourteen acts made it through the heats into the final of this year's Leicester Square Theatre Comedian of the Year competition. That's a lot of fun on a Saturday afternoon and given that this is a competition for newcomers you might have expected the occasional dud. Some...
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Richard Osman's House of Games With Guest Adam Buxton

Buckly up, Dr Buckles is here. Adam Buxton is one of this week's House of Games guests alongside Hammed Animashaun, Lisa Snowdon and Lorna Watson.

Podcast fans will of course known Adam Buxton for his award winning Ramblechat interviews which have featured a wide range of guests and a...

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Theatre Review: Woman In Mind, Duke Of York's Theatre
Has Romesh Ranganathan been cloned? I just wondered because last Saturday, for example, he fronted not one but two primetime shows, Parent's Evening and The Weakest Link, while also making his West...
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TV Review: Waiting for the Out, BBC One/iPlayer
Like Dan, the philosophy tutor in BBC1’s new drama Waiting for the Out, and like Andy West, who wrote the memoir on which it is based, I have taught philosophy in prisons. And I can attest, at least...
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Rarely Asked Questions: Schalk Bezuidenhout
South African comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout returns to the UK and Ireland with his brand-new show Hey Hey Divorcé – touring from 3rd February 2026 across 11 dates. Ticket details below.  This is his...
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Tim Key Talks About Lasagne In the Bath
This week's guest on award-winning foodie podcast, Dish from Waitrose is poet and comedian Tim Key, hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE.   Tim talks to hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela...
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival Launches Peogramme
Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) has today announced the full programme for 2026’s event with 560 shows in 40 venues across the city from 11th - 29th March 2026, and over 100,000 tickets...
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