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BBC Scotland has commissioned four new short form comedy series, adding to its portfolio of established and successful digital-first scripted content, which includes award-winning dramas such as Float and Dog Days and its digital comedy strand Short Stuff.
These commissions form part of BBC Scotland’s digital strategy, designed to deliver distinctive Scottish content on platforms where audiences are increasingly choosing to watch.
S4C, Channel 4 and Little Wander’s Comedy Lab Cymru returns for a third year! The three organisations are continuing their partnership to deliver the scheme for emerging Welsh (and Wales-based) comedy writer-performers, providing career development opportunities and opening the door to future creative commissions.
A Comedy Thing by Channel 4 has been greenlit for a second year as it establishes a home for the next generation of young new comedians. The digital channel taps into the UK broadcaster’s heritage in breaking new comedy talent and offers a platform to bridge the gap between panel shows and podcasts with original formats landing weekly, every Sunday, and social clips posted daily.
The Live Comedy Association, producers of Live Comedy Day, have hailed the first day as a success and claim it helped raise the profile of live comedy across the UK. It has now been announced that the day will be repeated on 1st April 2027. Over 120 comedians took part in shows across the UK, with a total capacity of over 20,000 people, at venues ranging from The Yellow Book in Brighton (30 seats, hosted by the “incredible, insatiable, and incorrigible” Leslie Bloom) to the Royal Albert Hall where Vir Das played t
Today is the first ever Live Comedy Day, a celebration of one of the things that makes Britain Great. Gigs across the UK will be staged to mark the occasion and throughout the day BTJ will be offering recommendations. You can check out more about the day and what's happening in your area here, but below is our first pick. And it's a big one.
BBC Comedy are launching six brand-new comedy shorts featuring the likes of Kosar Ali (Rocks), Tom Davis (King Gary) and Lisa McGrillis (Rivals). Airing on BBC Three and iPlayer on Saturday 11th April, the six shorts are: Proper Ladies, Yaxlont, Baby Daddies, The Close, Thames View and Glue.
Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC said: “Our Short Film strand continues to act as a potential jumping off p
The People’s Comedy returns to Brixton’s Club Silly on March 27th, for its regular London night, platforming bold, alternative comedians.
Comedy Central UK has recommissioned three hit UK originals to return later this year: Jimmy Carr’s Am I The A**hole?, produced and created by Tuesday’s Child; and Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet and Stupid Central, presented by Babatundé Aléshé, both produced in-house by MTV Entertainment Studios.
A new UK comedy consultancy, REPPD, has launched to provide agent-level support to unrepresented comedy talent. Positioned as the “business side of comedy”, Talent Experts will work with comedians to strengthen their professional foundations, from personal branding and social media strategy to industry aligned development and long-term career planning.
ive Comedy Day (LCD), the brand new national day of celebration for the UK’s live comedy sector, has announced a further wave of high-profile Comedy Ambassadors ahead of its inaugural event on 1st April 2026.
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