Chortle Digest: Stop stealing my stuff, Dom Joly rages. Plus the funniest joke in Ireland

No 806
December 8, 2017

Dom Joly has accused French YouTube prankster Rémi Gaillard of stealing his ideas.

James Acaster and Diary Of A Badman star Humza Arshad have made Christmas comedy shorts for Sky this Christmas.

A DVD of an old show by North East comedy legend Bobby Thompson cannot be advertised on TV - because he's smoking.

Hannah Gadsby is writing her memoirs.

Frankie Boyle is making an end-of-the-year New World Order special for BBC Two.

Here's the winner of Ireland's funniest joke

Gary Delaney has been named this year’s ‘hardest working comedian’.

Jack Whitehall is to host the Brit Awards for the first time next year.

At least 26 comedy clubs are combining to raise money to help the homeless next week.

BBC Two is to celebrate Michael Palin’s career in an hour-long television special

And Channel 5 has acquired the rights to air the revived Will & Grace in the UK.

Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian Chris Rock, brings his hit comedy tour, The Total Blackout Tour, to the UK in January 2018. The acclaimed comedian’s first UK tour in ten years commences Thursday 11 January and will visit cities across the UK including Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.

“The Total Blackout Tour delivers the Chris Rock you always hoped you’d see live”
The Guardian 4****

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Big Field takes on The One Show, an exclusive Trigger Happy prank and Hannah Warman's timely Christmas song, among many others.

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The League Of Gentlemen speak about their long-awaited return to TV - and here's a picture gallery

The first pictures from Vic & Bob's Big Night Out comeback

David Walliams on the Sky adaptation of his kids' book Ratburger

Tommy Tiernan on his new role in Channel 4's Derry Girls ...and an interview with writer Lisa McGee

Stand-up Scott Bennett shares his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites

Try our weekly comedy trivia quiz .

How comedy could change the world for disabled people

Mat Ricardo on allowing a little chaos into performance

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