Chortle Digest: Seven days of comedy news, reviews, features and more

No 701
October 16, 2015

Welcome to the weekly round-up of all the comedy news, reviews and features of the last seven days. As always check Chortle.co.uk for more on these stories as well as listings of around 3,500 live comedy events.

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Catherine Tate says she's planning on touring with Nan and other characters.

Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus are to star in the touring version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Graham Chapman's blue plaque has been stolen.

Doug Stanhope has been winding up journalists who sent him 'cut-and-paste' questionnaires.

Stephen Fry is quitting QI after 12 years and more than 180 shows, to be replaced by Sandi Toksvig

Caroline Aherne is to make a rare TV appearance in a new comedy directed by her Royle Family collaborator Craig Cash.

Trevor Noah has been accused of stealing a joke from fellow comic Dave Chappelle.

Amy Schumer's memoirs are to be published in the UK in a deal worth 'well into six figures'.

The BBC’s comedy output risks becoming more ‘racist, sexist and classist’ because of the Government-imposed cuts, Inbetweeners actress Jessica Knappett has said.

America is to get a new Netflix-style subscription channel showing only comedy.

Boy Meets Girl, the first British sitcom to revolve around a transgender character, is to return for a second series

The BBC's commitment to banning all-male panel shows has led to the bare minimum of women appearing on them

BBC Three has ordered a second series of Murder In Successville.

And of all the romantic places to propose, one man chose… a Dapper Laughs gig.

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A big interview with Brett Goldstein as his movie Superbob hits screens

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Kieran Hodgson chooses his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.

Ardal O'Hanlon and John Thompson on their new Sky comedy After Hours

Win signed copies of Matt Lucas's comedy Pompidou on DVD

David Baddiel, Phill Jupitus, Nicholas Parsons and Isy Suttie are just some of the stars coming to the Chortle Comedy Book Festival in Crouch End, North London, next month. Why not join them? Tickets and further details available here.

Patrick Kielty's stand-up show Help

Hannibal Buress in London with his Comedy Camisado tour

Gary McNair's theatre show Donald Robertson Is Not A Stand-Up Comedian

The Brighton Comedy Festival opening gala

At the movies: Aaaaaaaah! and Superbob

And Jon Holmes's book: A Portrait Of An Idiot As A Young Man

Imran A Khan on how comedy sketches set in Indian restaurants reflect Britain's changing attitudes to racism.

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The first clip from series two of Catastrophe; another instalment of Brian Pern's indie music specials; and a clip from the new Muppets series, coming soon to Sky1, among others

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Chortle Digest: Seven days of comedy news, reviews, features and more

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