Not Going Out comes back; comics in plagiarism claim and unseen Brian Pern in today's Chortle Digest 

Before Good Friday comes Great Thursday, as it means you get your weekly round-up of all the comedy news, reviews and features a full day early! 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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From the Glasgow Comedy Festival:

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Win tickets to see Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon in The Painkiller in the West End - including meal and hotel

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Footage from the Chortle Awards, a trailer for the Lego Batman, and one for season five of Veep, featuring Hugh Laurie. And Arj Barker has released a single, Disgracebook

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