Chortle Digest: Dave Chapelle, Stewart Lee, Joel & Nish and more

No 813
January 26, 2018

Joel & Nish Vs The World is returning for a second series on Comedy Central.

Dave Chappelle has announced a run of intimate London shows.

Radio 1 is to put comedy back on the station, ordering shows and podcasts from comics Lauren Pattison, Ed Night and Andy Field and sketch group Birthday Girls among others

Sir Ken Dodd said internet users who spread rumours of his death were ‘monsters’ who will be punished by God.

Netflix are facing demands to censor a new comedy special because it uses the word ‘retarded’, with protesters claiming it amounts to 'hate speech'

Police have arrested the man they think launched a savage attack on a comedian at a US comedy club, after footage of the assault when viral.

Romesh Ranganathan is to turn judge in a comedy twist on courtroom TV programmes.

...and he's also piloting a gameshow for Sky One about predicting the events of 2018.

Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou are to star in a TV remake of the comedy horror film What We Do In The Shadows.

Jon Richardson is to make a new series for the Dave channel about his ‘many, many worries’.

The Russian premiere of Death of Stalin has been called off, amid claims Armando Iannucci's satire is 'extremist.'

Aisling Bea and Phil Wang are to film 15-minute mini-specials for Netflix

...while the on-demand service has also snapped up Hannah Gadsby’s swansong stand-up show Nanette.

Rhod Gilbert has spoken out about his 'crippling' shyness in a BBC documentary.

Kenneth Branagh, Lily Cole and Young Ones stars Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer are to appear in the next series of Upstart Crow.

Stewart Francis has announced his farewell comedy tour.

Bill Cosby has performed his first stand-up gig since becoming embroiled in his sex abuse scandal.

And Stewart Lee has been bottled on stage… but thankfully, only in a comic book.

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