Comedians Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza are among the names announced for two celebrity Christmas specials of The Apprentice in aid of BBC Children in Need.
The other celebrities taking part are AJ Odudu, Angela Scanlon, Charlie Hedges, Jake Wood, JB Gill, Kadeena Cox, Matt Morsia, Rob Rinder, Sarah Hadland and Tom Skinner.
The first Live Comedy Day is being launched to help celebrate the UK’s live comedy sector and those working within it. The day, produced by Live Comedy Association in partnership with BBC Radio 4, will take place on Wednesday 1st April 2026 and will feature all registered live comedy events taking place on that day. Further information, and details of how to sign up, are available by visiting www.livecomedyday.co.uk
Award-winning comedian & drag king Kathy Maniura is taking her hit character comedy show The Cycling Man on tour across the UK.
Middle-aged and newly single, The Cycling Man has spent the salary of an NHS nurse in Decathlon and is on the verge of a breakdown. Get to know this absurd and deeply flawed man as he gets to know himself — in a delightfully goofy drag king show full of heart, humour, and Lycra.
Clockwise from top left: Tinie Tempah, Susie Ma, Gary Neville, Jenna Meek
Gary Neville returns to Dragons' Den alongside brand new Guest Dragons Tinie Tempah, Jenna Meek, and Susie Ma and heavyweights Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Steven Bartlett will all return to the Den.
Ed Gamble is back for another series of the award-winning podcast and this time he's at the castle with the banished and murdered Celebrity players to reveal the Traitors’ identities in person!
Listen to The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Sounds or watch on BBC iPlayer from 8 October.
The Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester has announced the ten finalists for the Beat the Frog World Series final on Monday 3rd November.
They are:
Madeleine Brettingham – Writer from London. This year’s So You Think You’re Funny? winner. “Turned to stand up after Michael McIntyre came to her in a dream and told her to (true story).”
Swapping luxury for backpacks and comfort for the unknown, the four celebrity duos embarking on the ultimate adventure are: Broadcaster and writer Anita Rani and her dad, Bal; actor Dylan Llewellyn and his mum, Jackie; partners, presenter and DJ Tyler West and actor and singer, Molly Rainford and broadcaster Roman Kemp and his sister, singer- songwriter, Harleymoon.
Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World, Dune: Prophecy) will bring to life extracts from letters, interviews and Victoria Wood’s own personal archive in specially filmed scenes combining readings with dramatisation in the upcoming feature length documentary Becoming Victoria Wood. Alongside Jessica's readings are testimony and reflection from school and university friends plus famous faces including Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Maxine Peake,
Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Laura Linney (Ozark, Love Actually, John Adams) and BAFTA award-winning Rhys Ifans (Inheritance, Venom: The Last Dance, House of the Dragon) will star in the title roles of the BBC’s But When We Dance, a touching story about two people with lots in common - a great sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Fresh from another run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, stand up comedian Hal Cruttenden (Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance) has been wowing audiences around the country on the first leg of his UK tour this Autumn. Now, due to phenomenal demand, the huge UK tour of Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It has been extended until June 2026, with new dates added from Glasgow to Exmouth.
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