Rhod Gilbert, Greg Davies and Alexei Sayle in the week's comedy news

Welcome to your weekly round-up of all the comedy news, reviews and features. As always check Chortle.co.uk for more on these stories as well as listings of around 4,000 live comedy events.

The BBC's new sitcom pilot Stop/Start



 The second volume of Alexei Sayle's memoirs have ben released and we have ten signed copies to giveawayhere

 
Mat RIcardo starts a new monthy series of despatches from the variety world.

After 'fifth Beatle' George Martin died at the age of 90,we look at the comedy tracks he produced.

First look at the one-off episode Dr Brown made for Netflix, a six-part interview with Stewart Lee and Alexei Sayle, and the new Jonny And The Baptists song, Ugly Baby, among many more

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